perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
powerful person; influential person
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
the same generation; coeval
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
freckles; buckwheat chaff
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to become frayed; to become loose
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
(plain) hot water; boiled water
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
block (of wood); chip; splinter
greater than ...; bigger ...
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove