you can never be too careful; you can't be too cautious; better safe than sorry
correction; revision; amendment
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
wardrobe (esp. for Western clothes); chest of drawers; clothespress; dresser; tallboy
bedmaking (at a hotel, etc.)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to think constantly about; to dwell on
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to be lacking in options; to be too few
powerless; weak; lacking physical strength; incompetent; lacking ability; powerless
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
makeshift; stopgap; temporary expedient; temporary solution; band-aid
secret meeting; clandestine meeting
to settle (in a place); to settle down
ordinary deposit; savings account; deposit account
1,000,000; one million; million; many
one's share; one's portion
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to fit (inside something)
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
one's (living) environment