afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
threat; intimidation; menace
family; members of a family
otherwise; or else; if not
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
street at night; making a night journey
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
jumper skirt; pinafore dress
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for
punishment; judgement; judgment
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
can't help; won't make much difference
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
not limited to; not just ...
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
plainly; clearly; vividly
in the following manner; as follows