in the shank of the evening
宵よいの口に
in the shape of a star
星形に
in [over] the short [long] term
短期［長期］的には
in the sight of God
神の目の前では
in the small hours
深更に
in the still of (the) night
夜のしじまに
in the stream
世事に明るい
in the strictest confidence
極秘で
in the strictest sense of the word
厳密に言えば
in the summer of last year
昨年の夏に
