tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
wickedness; evil; wicked person
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
in comparison to; rather than
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to brave a danger; to take a risk
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
goodness; excellence; virtue
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
state of mind; mentality; psychology
clumsiness; stupidity; blunder
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
that is to say; so that means
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...