high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
promising without due consideration
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
each time it happens; at all such times
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
Hoffmann; Hoffman; Hofman; Hofmann
left back (corner, etc.); on the left and at the rear; left-hand side and at the back
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
surprise; something unexpected
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
teatime; tea break; coffee break
physical work; manual labour (labor)
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
head over heels; headlong; head first
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago