cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
neat and clean; tidy; trim
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to rock; to shake; to swing
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
praise; extolment; extollment
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
out of season; unseasonal
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
riparian works; flood-control works
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
long ago; previous; of a former age
water damage; flood disaster
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
calamity; disaster; misfortune
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
shyness; bashfulness; shame
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to