sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
plump; with a thud; heavily
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
nap; doze; short sleep; staringly; fixedly
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
precognitive dream; foresight dream; prophetic dream
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
automatic; intransitive verb
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
form; situation; condition
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
gambling den; gambling house
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
looking pale; looking unwell
foundation (garment, cream, etc.)