konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
knowledge of tea ceremony; understanding of the Way of Tea; sense of refinement; air of sophistication; playfulness; mischievousness
holdup; stickup; holding up one's hands; hands up!; stick 'em up!
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
(transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against)
secret; private; surreptitious
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
party; set; gang; company; person
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
bridge (road, railway, ship, etc.); (contact) bridge; Seven Bridge (Japanese rummy game); bridge; bridge (of a pair of glasses); bridge (in wrestling); bridge (circuit)
paramedic; emergency medical technician
affectionately; tenderly; lovingly
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to catch (a wild animal or fish); to capture; to hunt; to win (a title, prize, etc.); to conquer
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
snow blown up from the ground
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
slowly and quietly; stealthily
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
to make absolutely sure (that all is right); to use every means; to take all possible measures
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
automatic transmission; AT; achievement test; alternative technology; appropriate technology; auditory trainer