air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
long ago; already; a long time ago
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
in the end; at the end of the day
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
dissidents; people who are against the Establishment; anti-Establishment groups
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
those (near the second person)
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
feng (male Chinese firebird)
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
religious organization; religious organisation
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to