back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
for example; for instance; e.g.
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
moron; idiot; stupid person
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
victim; injured party; sufferer
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
otherwise; or else; if not
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)