dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
reconciliation; make peace with
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to get back together (with a former partner)
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
manslaughter; bodily injury resulting in death
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
by means of; due to; because of; according to
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
every year; yearly; annually
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
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
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...