to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
expression; confession; utterance
belief; faith; conviction
firm; solid; inflexible; immovable
treatment; service; handling; management
wound; injury; trauma; cut
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignorant person
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to require the care of others; to need to be looked after; to be troublesome; to be a nuisance; to be a handful
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
first-aid; emergency (aid)
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to leave something as it is
ember; brand; stub (of used candle, match etc.)
heating power; thermal power; firepower
absence; disregard; indifference
calming down; settling down; quieting down; sedation
to catch the eye; to attract attention
image; figure; figure; form; image