I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
mask; disguise; guise; mask
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
androgynous; gender-neutral
belt (worn around the waist); (machine) belt; belt; zone
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife); double-edged blade
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
to give directions; to issue instructions
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
accumulation; accumulate; store
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream