cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
administrator; director; commissioner
control; management (e.g. of a business)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
without penalty; acquittal; impunity
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
to be widely known; to be famous
the way one works; one's working manner
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
assistance; backing; reinforcements
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
serious; not joking; straight
grudge; complaint; reproach
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
curiosity; inquisitiveness
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
passage; path; route; one's way
transactions; dealings; business
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
northern part; the north (of a region)
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness