sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
function; facility; faculty; feature
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
interference; intervention; meddling
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
else; in addition; besides
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
nonstandard; out of spec; irregular; exceptional; extraordinary; unbelievable
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
they; those guys; those fellows
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
singularity; singular point
to be careful; to take the utmost care
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
sense of relief; feeling of relief
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium