how much; how many; however
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
transactions; dealings; business
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
hell on earth; living hell
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
son of a bitch; piece of shit
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
greeting; a fine thing to say
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
this world; this life; world of the living
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone