beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
payment of debts; repayment
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
peaceful; quiet; uneventful
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
flippant; saucy; know-all
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to cover fully; to wrap around
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
offering to a deity or someone's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
to cause someone to worry
nightlife; night amusements
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
interior; inside; internal
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
just because; even if; even though
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
crummy; shabby; petty; lousy; puny; cheap
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
night duty; night shift; night work
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
notice; attention; observation
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
hair style; coiffure; hairdo