tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
coming and going; going back and forth (between); commuting (to work, school, etc.); attending regularly; passbook; bankbook
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
focus (of a lens); focal point; point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)
as usual; as is one's habit
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to become attached; to begin to love
deep emotion; strong feelings
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
genius; prodigy; natural gift
source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
one grade; first-class; primary
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
vitality; (one's) life force
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
conviction; belief; confidence
double suicide; lovers' suicide; group suicide; family suicide; dedication to the point of self-sacrifice
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
large amount of money; great cost
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)