one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to grant permission; to give permission
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
greeting; a fine thing to say
trouble; bother; annoyance
direct control; direct supervision
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put to sleep
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
praise; glorification; extolment
huh; I'll be damned; well!
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence