to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
to cease; to stop; to be over
rather than; more ... than ...
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
gloomy (of a person); dark; cheerless
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
quarrel; dispute; argument
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
somehow; for some reason or other
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
one's own child; one's own children
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
to be badly made; to fail
to die by the roadside; to die a dog's death
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to quit one's job; to resign
to threaten; to make threats
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to recover consciousness; to come to
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
passage; path; route; one's way