to rain incessantly; to downpour
sunlight; rays of the Sun
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
duty; function; office; mission; task
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to be on the lookout; to lie in wait
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
shady; underhanded; questionable
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
sharing; division; draw; tie
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
to employ; to hire; to charter
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; (lit.) goldfish feces
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
impossible; unlikely; improbable