rare; uncommon; not often seen
how many years; how long; what year
manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
opening; gap; dried and opened fish; extension
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
here and there; in places
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
with a friendly grin; smilingly
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
fake; something false; sham; deception
trifling; trivial; slight
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)