therefore; for that reason; such being the case
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
siblings; brothers and sisters
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to rebuild; to reconstruct
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
way of speaking; intimation
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
to move (house); to change residence
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
in the hospital; hospitalized
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching