anyone and everyone; anybody at all
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
bribe; sweetener; douceur
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
small (comedy) sketch; short skit
recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
security guard; doorkeeper
to join forces with; to cooperate with
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
on the occasion of; at the time of
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
promotion; raising of status
divining sticks; counting; calculation
unsung hero; person who does a thankless task
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
spare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a sudden shower
sharing an umbrella; under one umbrella; sketch of an umbrella with two names under it (equiv. of "X loves Y")
circulation of the blood; apprehension
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to come back; to return; to recur
astronomical observation; stargazing
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts