pollution; contamination; corruption; graft
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
at least; at most; (even) just
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
calm and free of ambition or care
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
Yoshin-ryu; martial art tradition founded in the Edo period
softness; gentleness; weakness
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
one's possessions; ownership
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
you; (arch.) your residence
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently