to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
popular name; common name; given name
word game; wordplay; playing with words
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to correct oneself; to restate
quite; utterly; really; completely
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
sympathy; compassion; pity
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to mind; to care; to worry
long-cherished desire; satisfaction (from achieving one's desire)
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
that is to say; so that means
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
one's predestined length of life; destiny; fate
to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring); to flow (out); to well up (of tears, emotions, etc.); to flow out (of tears); to emerge; to suddenly appear
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to crawl towards; to creep up to
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously