high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
wisteria trellis; wisteria arbor (arbour); wisteria pergola
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
clanging; empty; deserted
in its entirety; whole; wholly
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
attaching and detaching; putting on and removing
rich person; wealthy person
shuttlecock; shuttle service (e.g. bus); shuttle (weaving); space shuttle
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
wearing nothing but an apron; being nude except for an apron
escape route; evacuation route
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
manipulation of information; spin
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle