appearance; air; mien; getup
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
companion; company; tritagonist
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
underling; subordinate official
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
very great; enormous; serious
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
(historical) banishment from one's residence as a form of judicial punishment
confiscation of property (Edo period)
Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
official bulletin board (esp. Edo period); highest bid; highest tender; your letter
large tree; big tree; huge tree
invisibility (through magic)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
ancient soldier's hat; common soldier; rank and file (of a political party)
haori coat used by soldiers
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
seeing for the first time; first sight
food delivery service; catering; walk-on part (in a play or film); background actor; extra
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
wood (for building); lumber; timber
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
to arrange; to make an appointment; to agree upon