drop (e.g. of water); drip
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse); (lit.) horse's legs
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
to become dim; to become blurred
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
region; limits; stage; level
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
affidavit; deposition; testimony
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
(appearing, occurring) one after another
rule; reign; government; governing
clergyman; churchman; clergy
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to have a good idea; to be able to predict
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
simultaneously; all at once; in unison