careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to cut corners; to be shoddy
door; gate; opening; title page
to be infected; to be contagious
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
blood relationship; blood relative
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to remove; to move out of the way
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
dawn; daybreak; first light of day; first indication; glimpse; gleam
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
to watch for an unguarded moment
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)