injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
just because; even if; even though
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
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)
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
veterinary clinic; veterinary hospital
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
then; and (then); in that case; if so
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors