precarious situation; precarious state
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
calm; composed; cool; quiet
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
(medical) doctor; physician
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
of course; certainly; naturally
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
magical; sorcerous; supernatural
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
physical condition; state of health
full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb