totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
main question; real issue at hand
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
about; concerning; related to; -ish
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe