secret; private; surreptitious
title; heading; article; benevolence; friendly feeling
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider
the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); north-northeast; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
lintel (lacking the grooves needed for a sliding door)
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
(in the) confusion (of the moment)
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
generation; lifetime; age
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle