to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
other side; opposite side; other party
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
extinction; annihilation; destruction
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
product; produce; result; fruit
tedious; boring; being fed up with
nothing but; except; no more than
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
protest; refutation; pleading
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
nice to see you; good morning; good evening; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
to walk away; to saunter off
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony); being unknown; (lit.) in a grove
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
(walking) stick; cane; wand
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor