smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
regret; repentance; remorse
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
secret; private; surreptitious
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
(criminal) conspiracy; conspiracy to commit a crime
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
arowana (any fish of subfamily Osteoglossinae); bonytongue
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
on countless occasions; many a time
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
district; section; sector
to torment; to harass; to tease
to prostrate oneself before
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place