danger; peril; hazard; risk
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
unprecedented; never seen before
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
orders; instructions; directive; command
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
snugly; cosily; compactly
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
way; method; means; resource; course
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
at that time; in those days
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to accept; to receive; to agree
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
nothing but; none other than
identification; ID; identity