to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to breed (e.g. maggots); to let breed
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
(verbal) abuse; abusive language
troubled face; worried expression
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
boasting of one's strength
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
ruby; Jonathan apple; (arch.) glowing skin; (arch.) beautiful looks
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
fighting words; inflammatory words; provocative remark
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet; (arch.) five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
I don't give a damn; that's got nothing to do with me
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
boobs; boobies; breasts; breast milk
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with