state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
about when; about what time; how soon
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
even though; despite; notwithstanding
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
influential person; man of importance
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
someone viewed with hatred; object of one's hostility
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
without permission; without notice
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once
greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you; there is always a bigger fish
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to discuss; to talk together
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up