at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
emotional scars; mental trauma
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
it's been a long time; long time no see
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
from here; from this place
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
the matter you have been talking about
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to need; to demand; to take; to require
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
(right at the) side; just beside
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre