control; check; restraint; inhibition
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
end; close; conclusion; termination
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
power; might; authority; influence
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
prior engagement; previous appointment; prior agreement; previous promise; previous contract
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
dilettante; person of unusual tastes; person with strange hobbies; person of refined taste; connoisseur
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
adding (an extra amount); increasing; tacking on (a charge)