janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
three; three years of age
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
to crouch; to squat; to cower
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
official certification; official approval; certification examination; licensing examination; hypothesis testing
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
sneaking a bite; snitching food
staff member; station employee; official
urgent report; urgent message
police cell; place of detention; jail
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
to intend; to be sure that
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
lately; recently; these days
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (in Okinawa)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
condition; situation; prospects
large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up