strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
conclusion; end; completion; summing up; supervision
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to subsist; to keep on living
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
to hide; to conceal oneself
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
connection; link; relationship
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately