rubbing one's hands together
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
guess; speculation; supposition
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to get tired of eating; to have enough of (a food)
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
here and there; in places
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
preface; introduction; preamble
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
horizon (related to land)
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
three days and three nights
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable