exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
production; output; turning out
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
that; the matter in question
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to get angry; to lose one's temper
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
not worth considering; out of the question
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
the scruff or nape of the neck
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
distant; remote; isolated
manipulation of information; spin
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
ambitious; motivated; willful
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
investiture of the Crown Prince
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
quarrel; dispute; argument
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth