watch-keeping; guard; lookout
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
(navigable) canal; waterway
along; parallel to; in accordance with
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
race (of people); type of person
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
special selection; finest pick; top pick
one after another; in succession
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
irritation; annoyance; frustration
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
the other day; a few days ago
land route; overland route; by land; overland
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)