to take back; to recapture
notes; comment; remark; annotation
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
to get narrower; to contract
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
action; operation; effect; function
to breathe out; to exhale
outsider; someone outside of a group
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
under development; in development
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
principal occupation; core business
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
ignorant of the ways of the world
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to refer to; to use as reference
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation