rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
like that; that way; thus
tip of the hand; (use of) one's hands; cheap trick; superficial wit; cheap; makeshift (e.g. measures)
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right