wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
vitality; (one's) life force
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
blue sky; azure sky; spring sky; God; the Creator
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
thunderstorm; thundershower
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
to fall through; to come to nothing; to be ruined
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to be able to manage somehow or other
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
return journey; one's way home; one's way back
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to rebuke; to scold harshly
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
town girl; girl raised in a town
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)