beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
motive power; driving force
to cast; to mint; to coin
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to become better; to improve
battery; battery; pitcher and catcher
transactions; dealings; business
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
for your information; I'm telling you
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
to be profitable; to yield a profit
unprofitable; disadvantageous; not worth it
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
sharing equally (costs, profits, etc.); splitting equally
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries