... is the reason; ... is my excuse
fate; chance; relationship; tie
something like ...; something called ...
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
wanderer; stranger; vagrant; outsider; stranger
professor; teaching; instruction
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
one's innate character; spirit; backbone
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to attempt; to test; to try out
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
root; joint; base; crotch
one end; an end; part; fragment
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
rather; sooner; preferably
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
another's parent; another's parents
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings