curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
relation; connection; relevance
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
godparent; first person to give something its name
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to lose one's way; to get lost
like that; that way; thus
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
to be able to manage somehow or another
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
to do; to have sexual intercourse; to give; to present; to award
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to become an expert; to be master at
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin