to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to reload (gun, web page, etc.)
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister
to be blessed with children
to blow off; to be blown off
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
fast approach; quick intimacy
to throw open; to leave open
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
excited condition; excited state
frequency (of occurrence)
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days