weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
end; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
carrying (on one's person); taking with one
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
creation; generation; formation; derivation
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; spotting (in weight training)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
literally; to the letter; literal
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
genuine article; real thing; real deal
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
to spend time (on doing something)
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
to learn; to study; to take lessons in