subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
with these words; while saying
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
to order; to command; to appoint
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
trouble; bother; annoyance
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to check; to stop; to keep back
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
Sorry to impose but ...; Excuse me but ...
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation