tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
finger flick to the forehead
person obsessed with thoughts of sex
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
intelligence gathering; information gathering
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
tax excluded; excluding tax
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
point of compromise; common ground
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
breach of manners; breach of etiquette
the other day; lately; recently
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
fluttering (esp. of thick or heavy material); piece of dangling cloth, paper, metal, etc.
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
performing without rehearsal
technique; art; skill; move
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness