gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to grow angry; to display one's anger
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
clearing one's throat; cough
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
good policy; wise policy; best plan
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one
king; sovereign; daimyo with a domain of one or more provinces (Edo period)
whispered conversation; whispering
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
forevermore; for eternity
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
head of a sleeping person
fixed date; appointed day
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z