being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
useless; vain; aimless; idle
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
otherwise; or else; if not
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
last night; yesterday evening
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
surroundings; environs; circumference
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
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.)
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
perception; sensing; noticing
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
apparent; obvious; very clear
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at