powerful person; influential person
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
order; sequence; procedure
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
never mind!; don't worry about it
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
desperation; struggle to the death
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
bright person; talented student; prodigy
genius; prodigy; (person of) great talent; remarkable person
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
outside the country; abroad
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to be smeared; to be covered
powerful medicine; strong poison
making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; (lit.) (giving) a metal rod to an ogre
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth