to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
deadly serious; deadly earnest
sanity; consciousness; soberness
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
to entrust; to leave to a person
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to crumble away; to collapse
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
stirring; slight movement
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
threat; intimidation; menace
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
indescribable; having no way to express
to put someone to work; to make someone work
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
among these; between these; of these
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem