pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
interference; intervention; meddling
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to kill; to beat to death
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
for the first time in one's life
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to be well-known; to be famous
circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical