playing a part in one's own play, film, etc.; directing one's own play, film, etc.
guess; speculation; supposition
to explain adequately; to be accountable
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits
use; utilization; utilisation; application
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
resentment; indignation; anger
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
unqualified; without qualifications
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
one end; an end; part; fragment
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
to get between; to be caught in
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring
to count on one's fingers
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
changing one's clothes; (arch.) lady court attendant
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard