to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
clerk; office worker; office staff
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
illegitimate child; secret love child
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
club activities; extracurricular activities
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
degenerate; pervert; deviant
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
taking a picture secretly; taking a sneak shot; making a secret video recording; filming without someone's knowledge
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
future (usually near); prospects
accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations