heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
dealing with; coping with
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
household economy; family finances
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
convenient; handy; useful
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
cardinal (Catholic church)
illegal; illicit; unlawful
position; location; base; point; site
to find out; to discover; to locate
reading too much into (what ... says)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to pause; to have a short intermission
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
seeing off and meeting on return
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire