to anticipate; to foresee
educated; learned; schooled
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
otherwise; or else; if not
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
major cleanup; spring cleaning
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
to be damaged; to receive damage
assertion; declaration; affirmation
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
throwing stones; slingshot; sling
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
last days; the end; one's fate
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to go easy on somebody; to be easygoing; to be lenient
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
dealing with; coping with
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic
very young; little; childish; immature
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
local specialty; local special dish
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling