provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
source of revenue; financial supporter
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
after tax income; net income
coating (esp. lacquering)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
to anticipate; to foresee
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
God; god; ace; king; superior person
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
alternately; by turns; one after the other