to hide; to keep to oneself
virtual space (e.g. in computer graphics)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
two-way; bidirectional; interactive
appeal (to customers); solicitation (of business); rousing consumer interest (in a product)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
manly; masculine; like a man
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
premature death; untimely death; dying young
beauties die young; beauty and luck seldom go together
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
disorder; chaos; confusion
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
shithead; bastard; fucking; bloody; damned
everything; anything; nothing
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
playtest (of a game before release); playtesting
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to expel (from the body); to let off (a fart); to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.); to say; to do
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
common reed (Phragmites australis)