plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
pride; dignity; self-worth
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
priest; (arch.) member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryō system; (arch.) government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; (arch.) prominent member of a town; river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (arch.) (medieval) harbor manager
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
to be silent; to say nothing
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
to finger; to play with; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
likability; favorability; popularity
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
transactions; dealings; business
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
intelligence quotient; IQ