regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
this world; this life; world of the living
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
chair; stool; post; office; position
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
excellent; superb; first-rate
to look away; to turn away
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
(set of) facial features; looks
if you think about it; come to think of it
opposite; reverse; contrary
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
thereupon; shortly thereafter