helm; (ship's) steering wheel
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase
the ocean; the great deep
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
steering; piloting; flying; management (of people); handling; manipulation
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
dense; thick; rich (flavour, colour, etc.); deep; strong (smell); heavy
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
waterproofing; making watertight
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
how many years; how long; what year
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
wide-open; frank; open; candid
main cause; primary factor
human; human-like; as a person
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
low dining table; tea table
composition; constitution; composition (of a molecule, compound, etc.); constituent ratio; relative proportion of elements
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
to play dumb; to feign innocence
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
as; because; with; due to
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely