to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
death in battle; death on the battlefield
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
in this manner; in this way; like this
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to escape from; to get out
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only