carving; engraving; chiselled features
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
came; went; were (somewhere); was (somewhere); were (doing); was (doing)
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
that kind; competition; match
to cut off (a relationship)
disinheritance; disowning
pure heart; naivete; innocence
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
signature; register; to put one's name on; to sign; stamped name; typed name
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
stereotyped; stereotypical; invariable; like clockwork; regular
only recently; just of late
counter for rules; rule; regulation
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
offender; transgressor; violator
(electric) torch; flashlight
to be free; to be available
island in a pond or river
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
sign; indication; omen; symptom
public announcement (in a department store, etc.)
poo; poop; doo-doo; caca; whoopsie
to thrust away; to send flying