hostility; animosity; enmity
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
freshly-grated (e.g. daikon)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
clientele; customer stratum
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
official in charge; person in charge
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
partly puffed up; bubblingly
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
at someone's (something's) mercy
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
to be kind to; to treat kindly
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy