spell; charm; incantation; magic words
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
reading the first character of each line of a horizontally written text (to reveal a hidden word or message); reading acrostically
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
punishment (esp. spanking a child); criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
nippers; diagonal pliers; wire cutters
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
bursting at the seams; bulging
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
climax; peak; zenith; apex
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
according to plan; as planned
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to shout (in anger); to yell
manly; masculine; like a man
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
to loiter around; to wander about
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty