mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
magic tool (in fiction); magical item
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
being attached (to); being affiliated (to); belonging (to); attached school; affiliated school
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
to find out; to discover; to locate
curse; spell; malediction
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to have a reason; to have an excuse
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but