spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
retainer; vassal; servant
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to work hard; to work diligently
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report
to tip off (e.g. the police); to inform (on); to squeal; to rat
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
at very frequent intervals; almost every other day; constantly
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to arrest; to capture; to seize
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
to take back; to recapture