black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
finishing blow; coup de grâce
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
decoy (for hunting); stool
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
word game; wordplay; playing with words
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
how long; how far; how much
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
though one didn't intend (expect) to
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
to complain; to make a complaint
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to be too late (to be of use)
waste of time; killing time
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player