book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster-of-paris
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
how; in what way; in what manner
a few years ago; some years back
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
secret; private; surreptitious
unimpressive; unimpressed
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)