to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to rank next to; to come after
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
not necessarily so; is not always true
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
(one acting as a) foster parent
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
froufrou; frou frou; frilly decoration; Furfur; Furtur; mythical great Earl of Hell
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
intelligence; intellect; brains
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
talk; recital; narration; topic
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration