mental derangement; madness; insanity
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
evading blame by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
opinion; intention; thought
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone
sudden and unexpected; coming out of nowhere; out of the blue
bolt from the blue; great surprise
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
early (prompt) settlement; swift resolution; speedy solution
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
mockery; derision; ridicule
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
review; reconsideration; revision
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)