(personal) background check
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to become completely chilled
sympathy; compassion; pity
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
guess; speculation; supposition
human intellect; knowledge
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
outside of; not covered by
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
to trample; to crush underfoot
dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
trivial; not amounting to much
preliminary arrangements; spade work
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to fold up; to fold into layers
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
here and there; in places
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
to shed light; to cast light
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on