to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to thrust down; to push off
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
vent; ventilation opening
hidden room; secret chamber
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
relation; connection; relevance
founder; originator; pioneer
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
infectivity; infectious capacity; transmissibility
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
hoe; raw fish or meat dish in Korean cuisine
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
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
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
bloodsucking; sucking blood
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face