bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
investment; contribution; financing
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
snake; serpent; large snake
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to become hoarse; to become husky
property; fortune; means; assets
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
leather; tanned animal hide; suede; kanji "tanned leather" radical (radical 178)
first-class goods; A-grade product
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to slide into; to slip into
transfer; assignment; conveyance
(appearing, occurring) one after another
these guys; these fellows
art of selling; salesmanship
to shade an account; to add something extra
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
long ago; a long time ago; already
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate