boxes which fit inside each other; nesting boxes; hiding one's true feelings; person in a scam whose role is to telephone the victim
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
feigning innocence, ignorance or naivety; someone (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to detain; to check; to restrain
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
all; entire; whole; altogether
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
no!; no no!; no, not at all
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
anything and everything; just about everything
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
two times; twice; two degrees
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to wait for an opportunity
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
reputation; respectability
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
non-alcoholic; alcohol-free
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand