weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
this world; this life; this generation; present day
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
halo; hello; hallo; harrow
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
useless resistance; vain struggle
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
strap (often decorative for key-holder, mobile phones, etc.)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
to settle (in a place); to settle down
double; twice (as much); twofold
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
arrangement; pact; agreement
recently; lately; these days
patriarch; head of a family
two times; twice; two degrees
(divine) providence; dispensation
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste