to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
whole story; full picture; full particulars
knowing; (an) acquaintance
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
to lean against; to set against
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
to drop; to lose; to let fall
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
and then; and so; and; so then
to trick; to cheat; to deceive
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
pack of lies; complete fabrication
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
older sister; elder sister
to revere; to respect; to worship
the reverse; other side; lining
thousands; several thousand
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
family of gods; clan of gods; tribe of gods
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
candy; sweet; confectionary
to give; to do (something) for