tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
pensive; meditative; wistful
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood; to turn red
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar)
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
offender (esp. murderer); criminal
distinction; discrimination
destruction; ruin; nirvana; cessation (of earthly desires); dying (from overwhelming emotion); being overwhelmed (by something)
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
creation; Creation (by God)
with a thud (of something heavy)
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off