rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about
different opinion; objection
unsafe; insecure; careless; dangerous; incautious; imprudent
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; taking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
three persons; three parties
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
high and low; rise and fall
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
scrap lumber; piece of wood
to talk; to carry meaning
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
material; substance; matter
to undergo many hardships; to taste the bitters of life
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to leave as is; to ignore
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)