serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
murder; killing; murderer
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
losing weight; slimming; lean person
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to