to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
interior; inside; internal
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
in succession; one by one
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
hey there; I say; see here
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
length (of an animal); body length
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to have meaning; to be meaningful
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
(religious) faith; belief; creed
product; produce; result; fruit
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region