shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to challenge (a person) to a fight
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
request; appeal; claim; purchase
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
foreign enemy; outside invader
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
front kick (esp. martial arts)
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; eye poke (in combat sports); eye-gouging
bridge (road, railway, ship, etc.); (contact) bridge; Seven Bridge (Japanese rummy game); bridge; bridge (of a pair of glasses); bridge (in wrestling); bridge (circuit)
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
considerably (beyond one's expectations); unexpectedly; surprisingly; contrary to one's expectations
honorific title; honorific term of address
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
many people; a large number of people
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
rational; reasonable; logical
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
joint owners; part owners
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
to fight a battle; to have a fight