knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
such; like that; that sort of; very
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
very popular; highly favoured
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
long ago; already; a long time ago
to be tired of looking at
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
yearned for; longed for; missed
prohibition; inhibition; ban
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
alone; by oneself; on one's own
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to behave well (of a child)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
fine (mesh, fabric texture)
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons