quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
together with; same; both; all; including ...
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
plump; with a thud; heavily
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
the whole face; (wearing an expression) all over one's face
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
remains; corpse; (dead) body
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
water temperature (esp. bath)
number of times; frequency; count
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
3rd day of the month; three days
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
air conditioning; air cooling
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to coil around (of a child or animal); to grab (usu. out of playfulness or affection); to cling
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy