figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
prison; jail; slammer; pen
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
farmer; bumpkin; yokel; peasant
making one's way in the world; (making a) living; (earning a) livelihood; business; trade; occupation
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
head of a sleeping person
female fox; vixen; she-fox; woman who deceives men
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
gun; pistol; ohajiki; traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic; repellence
to flare up; to burst into flames
longer type of wakizashi (short sword)
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
preview of next installment (TV shows, podcasts, etc.)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
writing life; period of life spent writing
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision