obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
strength training; resistance training; muscle-building
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
person concerned; interested party; related party
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
ultimate; final; last; eventual
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
manners; behavior; behaviour
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
soon; before long; in the near future
mid-air breakage; mid-air disintegration
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back