to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
to have a narrow escape from death
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day
stabbing to death; putting out
counter for books; volume
respectfully yours; kowtowing; kowtow
bowing twice; worshipping again; Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
concluding festivities; concluding program; concluding programme; final day of a tournament
as far as the eye can see
looking around; looking about
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
rich person; millionaire; magnate; big spender; debauchee
tele; Terret (wine grape variety)
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
to strike; to hit; to give hell to
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract); to act as a go-between; to act as mediator; to curry favour with
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
to prowl after; to keep watch on
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this