bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to stare back (at); to glare back
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
pupil; student; schoolchild
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court
members; member; constituent
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40