tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
personal; individual; private
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
talking about one's misfortunes; tales of one's misfortunes
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
around the clock; day and night
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
the world in general; society; convention
(not) merely; (not) simply
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
degenerate; pervert; deviant
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying