accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
even more; still more; further
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
otherwise; or else; if not
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
loose (of clothing); loose-fitting; plenty (of pouring a liquid); sloshing about (e.g. of water in one's stomach)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
eccentric; crank; oddball
surrounding at a distance
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to be perturbed; to be agitated
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit; Lagenaria siceraria var. depressa (variety of bottle gourd)
to be hesitant; to feel timid
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
famous line (from a movie, book, etc.); famous quote
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept