investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to have orderly plans; to be systematic
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
from one's seat; without stirring
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
main force; chief object; mainline
group; party; team; squad; section
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to perceive; to understand
twice; again; second time
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate