sauce; Worcestershire sauce
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
particularly; only; in the case of
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
simply; merely; only; solely
last night; yesterday evening
to forget to put in; to leave out
living by oneself; living alone
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
existence; possession; having; limited company
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
after that; afterwards; thereafter
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
paper towel (esp. for drying one's hands); paper hand towel
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
older brother; elder brother
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)