plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
dressing room; fitting room
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
headgear (esp. one made of cloth); hood; kerchief; tokin (headgear worn by yamabushi)
color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
red cloth; red background
black ground; black cloth
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
leather shoes; leather boots
finishing blow; coup de grâce
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
being already (well) aware
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)