wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); downturn; recession; front left; front and left
holding two or more positions concurrently
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
entering a faith; joining a religion
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
composite; combined; complex
one person; ordinary; common
sense of caution; wariness
orpiment (yellow mineral, or the pigment derived from it); gamboge (tree resin, or the dull yellow pigment derived from it); falsification; alteration
great cause; moral law; justice
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit
to pick up (with chopsticks); to take
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
to drop; to let fall; to omit
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. someone's head); to pour liquid (on something); to dash liquid (over something); to plate (something) with metal; to cover (with a dental crown); to add (e.g. music to a video)
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to allow light to pass through; to shine light through
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
short time no see; hello again; a short time (since the last time); first in a short while