negotiations; discussions; connection
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
race (of people); type of person
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
glove (esp. sports); globe
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
anonymity; using an assumed name
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
sublime; noble; high-minded
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
number two; mistress; concubine
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy)