someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
to express (in words); to confess
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
in succession; one after another
judgment; judgement; discernment
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
one way or the other; either way
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
too much; excessively; too
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
promotion (school, military, etc.)
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
determination; resolution
review; reconsideration; revision
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over