doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to kill by burning to death
chastity; fidelity; faithfulness; virtue
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
doing as one is told; yes-man
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
to badger; to pester; to beg
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
in that way; like that; that way
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
way of speaking; intimation
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless