to backfire; to have a harmful result
peril; danger; hazard; distress
falling in love; attachment
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
to palm off; to force a sale
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
weeding; weeder; weeding fork; cultivator
reason ends where love begins; in love, reason takes flight; love is a blind guide; love makes fools of us all; (lit.) love is blind
inheritance; something given or received
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to come and go; to go back and forth
to ask a question; to ask questions
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
inferior goods; faulty item
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
how long; how far; how much
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
comprehensive; composite; all-round; all-embracing; general; overall
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
insight; power of observation
for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith