impossible; unlikely; improbable
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
chair; stool; post; office; position
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
elementary; basic; rudimentary
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
father; dad; husband; you; he
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to look around; to survey
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to move (house); to change residence
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to indicate; to show; to point to
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather