to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
technical skill; ability; capacity
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
surely; certainly; without doubt
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
deciding by oneself; taking it for granted (that ...); assuming
conviction; belief; confidence
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to break and run (e.g. of a defeated army or panicking crowd); to flee in disorder; to scatter in all directions
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap
dusk; nightfall; twilight
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
imported to Japan by early European traders
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
meeting; greeting; welcome
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
still; as yet; as it has been
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
thoroughly; through and through; out and out; in every way; from beginning to end; from start to finish
distrust; unjust suspicion
revenge; retaliation; requital (for a kind act); return (of a favour); reply; answer
clearness; clear understanding
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
(under the) pretense (of); (under the) guise (of)
to exchange; to interchange
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
yen (currency of Japan); circle
stepping back; drawing back