dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
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
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
individual; private person; personal; private
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
from the beginning; from scratch
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
correction; rectification; mending; repair
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
until now; so far; up to the present
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
single-mother household; fatherless family