to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
shikigami; spirit used by onmyōji sorcerers
on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
out of character; unlike one
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
archipelago; group of islands
several hundred; hundreds (of)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
remains; corpse; (dead) body