conclusion; decision; end; settlement
Castor (star in the constellation Gemini); Alpha Geminorum
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
(another's) daughter; young lady (esp. of respectable upbringing)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
(another's) daughter; young lady
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; (lit.) a skilled hawk hides its talons
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
deep, threatening voice; menacing tone
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
same country; same province; the (said) country
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
cardinal (Catholic Church)
president (of a university); vice-chancellor; secretary-general; director; leader (esp. of a biker gang)
leader; authority; mainstay