extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
half the body; half length
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
in person; personally; directly
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
4th day of the month; four days
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
taking someone away by force; transportation (e.g. for forced labor); forced transport (e.g. to a police station)
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
to soothe and humor; to coax
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
spring break; spring vacation
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
design; idea; conception; plan
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
focusing (of light); convergence; gathering and bundling
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
nervousness; oversensitivity
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
whining (to get one's way); tantrum
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake