brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
romantic; spicy; coquettish
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
in succession; one by one
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
innocent; cherubic; childlike
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
interest; fun; inspiration
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
wainscoting; wainscotting; wood paneling
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
action; operation; effect; function
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to say no more; to sink into silence
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to bend (a piece of wood, etc.); to bow
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
eccentric; crank; oddball
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
place; situation; position; location