metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
dungeon; underground prison
that is to say; so that means
precipice; cliff; flat head
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to lead a life; to live a life
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
head over heels; headlong; head first
living off (a person); sponging off; parasitism
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
all night; throughout the night
directly; in person; firsthand
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; (lit.) not even a dog will eat (it)
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
wood louse; wood lice; slater
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
youthful; young; young-looking
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
what do you want?; can I help you?
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate