to lend an ear to; to listen to
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
please (give me); please (do for me)
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
glib tongue; eloquence or flattery designed to deceive
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm); dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies); food served in such a dish; variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
a step; short distance; short time
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal