cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
beautiful woman; pretty girl; high-quality goods; special article
crude tactics; smattering of knowledge
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
travelling alone; solitary journey
to run around; to bustle about
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
imperial tomb; imperial mausoleum
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
brilliant; bright; dazzling
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
to have a reason; to have an excuse
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
as a child; when one was a child
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre