timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
corridor; hallway; passageway
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
now that; since; so long as; because
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)