mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
interference; intervention; meddling
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
well known; well connected
to remain married for life
bet; wager; stake; gamble
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
main question; real issue at hand
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to give a broad grin; to smirk
impossible; unlikely; improbable
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
finding employment; getting a job
because of; owing to; due to
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)