suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
directly opposite; right in front
first meeting; first interview with
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to be smeared; to be covered
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
support; backing; patronage
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
fixed content; settled matter; done deal
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
don't talk nonsense; (lit.) sleep talk after you go to sleep
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
honorific title; honorific term of address
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
to taste; to savor; to relish
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to be perturbed; to be agitated