missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
several years; a few years
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to preserve; to save; to put in; to lay in
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
blackmail; extortion; persistent demand
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
meaning; significance; sense
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
reason; cause; circumstances
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
many; a lot; much; multitude
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
(political) power; authority; influence
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to keep watch; to stand guard
to sleep in peace; to sleep without fear
after that; afterwards; thereafter
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
kitchen; financial situation
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)