to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
success or failure; outcome; result
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to poison (someone); to prepare a poison
unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
offender (esp. murderer); criminal
being addicted to; being wholly absorbed by; falling ill; becoming sick
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
seahorse; sea horse; hippocampus; walrus
to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
removal; detachment; demounting; dismantling; disassembly
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
fast-talking; rapid talking
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to smoke a cigarette; to smoke
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)