milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
sales message; sales copy
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
one day; (on) a certain day
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
to check; to stop; to keep back
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
immorality; injustice; adultery; illicit relationship; murdering one's teacher or a government official (one of the eight unpardonable crimes)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
sour look; surly face; pout