to accuse somebody; to charge someone
smuggling; contraband trade
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
while alive; during one's lifetime
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
that's the way it is; such is life
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
physical evidence; material evidence
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
mockery; derision; ridicule
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to take someone's life; to kill someone
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it