support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
worst; worst-case (scenario)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
one end; an end; part; fragment
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
decision; determination; resolution
(not) so much; (not) that much
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
chief vassal; senior statesman
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
imagination; supposition; guess
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
prison guard; jailer; gaoler
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul