slatted shutter; louver door (window)
end; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
marital relationship; marital relations
documentary evidence; documentation
to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal
big man; large man; tall man; giant
horror film; horror movie
sword; blade; single stroke
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
niddle-noddle; nid-nod; nodding off
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
living together (of two people)
to depend on someone else's (financial) support (usu. one's parents'); (lit.) to gnaw on (someone's) shin
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
the same rank; equality; apposition
half-awake voice; sleepy voice; voice of when one has just woken up
midsummer; height of summer
I don't give a damn; I wouldn't know; that's got nothing to do with me
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
heating; application of heat
unconcerned (about); unbothered; unworried; easy; simple
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
deodorant; deodorizer; air freshener
work-in-progress; working state
to die; (lit.) to become bones
dry riverbed; river beach
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
to get used to using; to get accustomed to using
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
occupation; calling; livelihood
to take advantage (of someone's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
start of a romance; beginning of love
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
relation; relative; kind; cordial
temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
lover; mistress; kept woman