fat; tallow; lard; grease
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
fortune-telling; divination
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
looking pale; looking unwell
decision; settlement; definition
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to move forward; to move on
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
rather; sooner; preferably
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy