to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
transactions; dealings; business
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
children's story; fairy tale
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
concealment; suppression; hiding
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
steady; sound; reliable; solid
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
finally; in the end; on top of all that
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
damp; moist (negative nuance)
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
older brother and younger sister
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration