unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
the art of giving a brief glimpse (of skin, underwear, etc.)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
electrically powered; electric
limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
way; method; means; (technical) specification
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
normal duties; (one's) regular work
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
whispered conversation; whispering
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight)
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...