one way or the other; either way
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
knowing; (an) acquaintance
shaman; Sherman (WW2 tank)
communication with the dead
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
true character; true heart; true spirit
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to be dispersed; to get separated
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
empty-handed; barehanded; unarmed
to cut corners; to be shoddy
suddenly; all of a sudden
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
tail (animal); tail end; tip
dullard; indecisive person
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)