in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
directions; instructions; orders; command
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
than; from; out of; except; but; more
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
reward; honorarium; remuneration
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
dial-style (e.g. of phones)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days