tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
dilapidated house; deserted house
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
iron rust; iron hydroxide
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to squeeze out; to wring out
supreme; sublime; highest
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
slimy; slippery; (arch.) (moving) slowly
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
older brother and younger sister
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)