wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
important documents; important papers
because of; owing to; due to
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
conviction; belief; confidence
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
man; male; masculine gender
pursuing liability; finding out who is at fault; trying to pin the blame on someone
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder