crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
an issue being settled; a case being closed
failure; mistake; blunder
news; word; tidings; omen
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
individual action; unilateral act
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
same crime; being equally guilty
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
secret; private; surreptitious
flying column; detached force
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on