colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to knead well; to polish; to refine
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
control of the air; air supremacy
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
fixed; obvious; commonplace
start of a war; beginning of hostilities
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
muttering voice; murmuring voice
looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
to understand from experience
field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion
to laugh at someone scornfully; to scoff at
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
(person treated as a) plaything
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
exquisite skill; wonderful performance
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to hit hard; to strike hard
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe