twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); monetary offering (or gift) wrapped in paper; twisting throw
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
concreteness; embodiment; expressing concretely
way; method; means; resource; course
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
middle; center; heart; midst (e.g. of a storm); peak (e.g. of a season); (the) height (of something)
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
Saran (Kazakhstan); Salan; Sarant
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
just the other day; quite recently
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
cross-examination; retort; asking in return
twist; wrench; distortion; torsion
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
dark and desolate; forlorn
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
unidentified flying object; UFO
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually