to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to look down on; to condescend
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
deceased; late; dead; departed
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
little by little; bit by bit
they; those guys; those fellows
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
older half-brother (by a different mother)
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
attendant; attendance upon another
manservant; male attendant; valet
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)