dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
conduct; behavior; behaviour; being pregnant
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
due form; official; formality
heir; inheritor; successor
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
nine-tailed fox; old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
bad influence; negative influence
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
preface; introduction; preamble
preparation; arrangements
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to devour greedily; to wolf down; to gobble up
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
both; both sides; both parties
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
(feather) duster; dusting
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing