exploration party; expedition team
manners; etiquette; polite behaviour
allegiance; obedience; submission
to express one's deepest sympathies
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
falling out (with); quarrel; discord; estrangement; being on bad terms
government; administration; ministry
shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; incarnation; transformation
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out
fib; exaggeration (of the truth); snow job
to admire (someone's courage); to approve of (someone's ambition)
dirty work; unpleasant task
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
confused fight; brawl; melee; scuffle; free-for-all
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
top of the foot; instep; dorsum of the foot; dorsum pedis
avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; (lit.) not even a dog will eat (it)
evening; night; nighttime
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
to put to trial; to argue in court
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
to increase in value; to gain prestige
to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
trip story; vacation story
(rubbing) salt in the wound
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
(navigable) canal; waterway
with a splash; with a plop
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)