to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
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.)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
serious look (on one's face); straight face
exactly as stated; verbatim
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
such; this sort of; like this
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to talk; to chat; to chatter
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
not necessarily so; is not always true
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
victim; injured party; sufferer
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)