rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
to get one's head around; to think about
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
several hundred million years
to be at a loss; to rack one's brains in vain; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
complicity (in a crime); collusion
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
bribe; sweetener; douceur
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
paltry; trifling; piddling; stud; small protuberance
I don't know; I don't understand
reading too much into (a statement, etc.)
member of one's in-group (e.g. family member, colleague)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly
this proposal; this plan; this bill; merits
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language
right (to do something); authority; power
it's nothing; don't mention it; no thanks necessary
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
anyone; any person; whoever
slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
king of beasts (i.e. lion)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
older sister and younger brother