to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
long ago; a long time ago; already
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
(one acting as a) foster parent
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
overflow; abundance; exuberance
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to not believe one's ears
to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly
whatever misfortune happens; (lit.) even if spears fall out of the sky
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else