Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to bow slightly; to make a slight bow
to bring out (the effect of); to put to good use; to make use of (e.g. threats); to use (tact, wit, etc.); to exercise; to display
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
to make a formal salutation (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); to formally greet; to pay one's respects
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
getting or keeping acquainted with; keeping or establishing useful contacts
kindness; intimacy; friendship
house in an alley; rear tenement
funeral; burial; condolence
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
greeting; a fine thing to say
to make contact (with); to get in touch; to enter into relations; to come to an understanding
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
lameness; cripple; mismatched pair (of shoes, etc.)
to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
this and that (esp. complaining or protesting); something or other
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
embellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation; decoration; (arch.) putting on makeup
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer