six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
intelligence operative; spy
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize
to care for someone; to look after someone
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
hard worker; hardworking person
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
guiding principle; single-minded policy; one's sole talent; single spear
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
honeymoon; being in an intimate relationship; honeymoon (period)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
at some point in the past; at some stage
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
one day; (on) a certain day
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
at first; in the beginning; originally
to laugh away; to laugh off
third day of the month; three days
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
attending (upon); keeping another company
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
Red Crystal (politically and religiously neutral emblem used by the International Committee of the Red Cross)
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve