secret; private; surreptitious
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
slip of paper bearing a book's title (pasted inside the book)
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
to be boiled; to be cooked
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
abstention; nonparticipation
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end
rough fence of bamboo, logs, etc. constructed at battle sites or execution grounds
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
related to the teachings of Buddha; able to be saved by Buddha; related; relevant
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
interview (e.g. for a job)
talking while standing; standing around talking
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
pose (in kabuki); posture
to push (something) against
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched