Seven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck; Seven Lucky Gods
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus); scabbard fish; beltfish
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
it seems so; that's what it looks like
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
item; commodity; list of articles
side ponytail (hairstyle)
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; (lit.) there is fortune in leftovers
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap
goodness; excellence; virtue
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve