the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
to be absorbed in; to lose oneself to; to disguise oneself as; to adorn oneself
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
traveling incognito; travelling incognito
light; faint; pale; fleeting
the field; the parade ground
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
simplicity; unsophisticatedness
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
insight; power of observation