to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
earnestly; immediately; exactly
signboard with gold or gilt lettering; slogan; noble cause
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to intend; to be sure that
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
grim; stern; stark; heartless
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
upper half of the body; upper body
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
fragment; one of the group or party
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to squash; to crush; to flatten
with a flop; flump; plump
in itself; as it is; in its own way; within its capacity; within limitations
audio lag; out-of-sync (sound)
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up