polish; improvement; burnishing
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
competent; suitable; qualified
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to lose sight of; to miss
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
action of making something; -ification
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
probe each other; sound each other out
related to; in relation to
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
rapid progress; great strides
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse