great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
(a) Buddha; deceased person
technique; art; skill; move
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
self-defense; self-defence
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
den; wild animal dwelling; den (e.g. of thieves); hiding place; den; small snug room
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
straight-sets victory; straight-set win
main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple
no food or drink (e.g. as a sign in a library, etc.); no eating or drinking
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
harmful animal; pest; vermin
crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to intervene; to stop (something)
percentage of fault (assigned to the involved parties in a traffic accident etc. for insurance purposes); comparative fault; comparative negligence
mediator; go-between; middleman
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
handrail; railing; banister
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
pensive (or worried) look on one's face