to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours
trouble; bother; annoyance
contraception; birth control
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
stepping back; drawing back
resting at times; with careful thought; after proper consideration
to play around; to gallivant about
prescription bag; pharmacy bag; small bottle for carrying gunpowder
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
chasing after women; womanizing
news of someone's death; obituary
look of the sky (esp. of bad weather); weather; course (of events); situation; way the wind is blowing
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
while alive; during one's lifetime
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
death (and entering the hereafter)
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
design; idea; conception; plan