coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
silence (not speaking); muteness
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
long military service; having experienced many battles
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to devour greedily; to wolf down; to gobble up
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
from the beginning; from scratch
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
self-consciousness; self-awareness
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
wet nurse; nursing mother