vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
that; the matter in question
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
outside (an organization, department, etc.)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
second grade; second step; second act (in jōruri, noh, kabuki, etc.); third highest division; makushita division
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
accurate; correct; precise; exact
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
thousands; several thousand
scale; scope; plan; structure
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
knowledge; information; opinion; view
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
literature; books (reference); document
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
guess; conjecture; surmise
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down