special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
official announcement; proclamation
land near a castle; castle town
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
separate; scattered; apart
cherishing one's children; doting; adoring parent
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
business discussion; negotiation
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
intelligence gathering; information gathering
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
death from disease; death from illness
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)