to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
leader; guide; mentor; coach
(political) power; authority; influence
authority; power; influence
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
singer; vocalist; nagauta singer (in kabuki); singer of noh chants
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
ingenuity; resourcefulness
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
in good health; alive and well; going strong
failure; mistake; blunder
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study