tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
intelligence; intellect; brains
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
unfairness; injustice; partiality
unsettled; uncertain; indefinite; indeterminate
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
marshland; wetland; swampland
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
test piece; test object; specimen
to profess to be; to pass oneself off (as); to advertise oneself (as); to advertise; to announce; to make publicly known
abandoned; out-of-use; obsolete; abolished; decommissioned
sick person; patient; invalid
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
dental brushing; brushing one's teeth; dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder
departure; leaving; setting off
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
shock therapy; shock treatment
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader