disorder; disturbance; unrest
living room (Japanese-style)
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
to state; to express; to mention
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
poor physical health; bad shape
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to lay aside; to set aside
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
by any chance; ten thousand to one
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
customers losing interest in product or shop
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to hand over; to surrender
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
beyond that point; after that
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly