the (four) limbs; arms and legs
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
mourning band; mourning ribbon
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
brilliant; bright; dazzling
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
who cares?; see if I care; who knows?; how should I know?
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
a laughingstock; a standing joke
extermination; annihilation
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
interval; break; pause; spare moment
contest of strength; trial of strength
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
gradually; slowly but steadily
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict