to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
preparation; arrangements
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to keep (a person) waiting
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
soon; shortly; before long; in a moment
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; (opponent's) weak point; (arch.) force attacking the rear of a castle; (arch.) official in charge of imprisoning offenders
to understand; to make out
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
many; much; plenty; hardly
to have a meal; to take a meal
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
without eating or drinking
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
battlefield; battleground
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
to distribute; to hand out
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
intuition; instinct; hunch
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)
everyday life; daily life
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
one's native language; one's mother tongue
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
place where there are hot springs; hot springs spa