plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
for the first time in one's life
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
extremely familiar; very well-acquainted
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to set (sun); to become dark
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
pleasant feeling; good feeling
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
long (time that has passed); old (story)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
follower; attendant; valet; servant