knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
to rebuild; to reconstruct
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld
hunting; oscillatory behavior of a non-converging feedback loop (behaviour); hunting cap
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
whistle (sound made with the lips)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
almost every day; almost daily
loved one; lover; sweetheart
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
danger; peril; hazard; risk
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
correction; revision; amendment
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
popular name; common name; given name
friend; child (one does not know); another child; other children
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme