real intention; true motive; true meaning
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to hide; to keep to oneself
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
thousands; several thousand
making a killing; making easy money; robbery
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
journey; route of a journey
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to see through; to see the true nature of something
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
to collapse into; to flop onto
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to jump upon (a moving object)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
white background; blank; female virgin
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly