to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
after a long time; for the first time in a while
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
poison suicide; suicide by poisoning
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
after that; afterwards; thereafter
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
safety; welfare; well-being
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding