to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
copying; duplication; reproduction; copy
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
the real criminal; true culprit
poisoning; kill by poison
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
bento; Japanese box lunch
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
as usual; as is one's habit
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
selling out one's country; betraying one's country; treason
to rebuke; to scold harshly
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
silence; stillness; quietness
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
hostility; animosity; enmity
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
flawless; absolute perfection