amiable; affable; likable
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
inscrutable; incomprehensible
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
ban; prohibition; taboo; law; ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
healthy; sound; wholesome
prohibition; inhibition; ban
sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi
(wearing) a loincloth alone; nothing but a loincloth
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
opening fully; full throttle; full power
helper; assistant; help; assistance
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
to uncover; to solve; to reveal
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
magnetic field; ambience; atmosphere; focal point
to squint (one eye); to narrow