temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
in the meanwhile; during the time
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
(not) even once; (not) ever
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
don't you think?; indicates question
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
now that you say that; now that you mention it
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
to feel; to sense; to experience