unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
blackish; darkish; dark; dusky
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
semicircular; crescent-shaped; half-moon
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
double; twice (as much); twofold
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
how dare ...; how could ...
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
wearing wooden clogs; floatplane
to kick (at someone, something)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die