black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
to unfold; to unroll; to open
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
in succession; one by one
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to accept; to receive; to agree
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
minimum; at the very least
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
conviction; belief; confidence
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to make an appearance; to show up
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to result in death; to lead to death; to be linked with death
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch