to polish up; to shine up
the same rank; equality; apposition
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
serious error; gross mistake
popularity; favorable reputation; high esteem; respect
everything; anything; nothing
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
surrounding at a distance
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
(your) choice; preference; wish
to grill again; to rebake; to rehash; to rework; to refurbish
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
planned; scheduled; systematic
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
to open (one's eyes) wide
covered with; stained; smeared
hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly
manner of using one's hands
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
will not do; do not; does not