end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
innumerable; countless; numberless
dozens; scores of; decades
to shed light; to cast light
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
neighbourhood; neighborhood
head; lead; vanguard; first
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
I see; that's right; indeed
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
riskiness; (level of) danger
and; thereupon; because of that
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only