living thing; living creature; animal; life
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to shout (in anger); to yell
I see; that's right; indeed
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
automatic; intransitive verb
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
such ... as; or some such
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
simultaneous; all at once
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell