to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
existence; possession; having; limited company
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
state of drunkenness; (in a) fuddle
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to run around; to bustle about
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
noisy; confused; uproarious
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
medical care; medical treatment
fax; facsimile; fax machine
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
rehabilitation (in society)
to go to the office; to be at work
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
very much; very many; more and more
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to cease; to stop; to be over
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
resentment; indignation; anger
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
Japanese staunton-vine (Stauntonia hexaphylla)
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
working for a company; being employed by a company
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
early (days); initial stage; initial
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
so to speak; so to call it; as it were