surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
unidentifiable; unidentified
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
sense of smell; olfaction
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
rotten smell; putrid odor
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to blow out; to spout out
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
sense of relief; feeling of relief
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to take a breath; to take a short rest
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to pile up; to accumulate
having said that; on the other hand
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
to write incorrectly; to miswrite; to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern