(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
considerable; decent; suitably; reasonably; one matter; one field
to be helpful; to be useful
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to talk to oneself; to mutter
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
princess; daughter of a nobleman
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
programme; program; plans; arrangements
seniority by length of service
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...