sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
before the gate; in front of the gate
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
deck (of a ship); deck (attached to a building); platform (at the end of a railway passenger car); vestibule; observation deck (esp. at an airport); tape deck; deck (of cards)
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
to get slightly dirty (all over)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
will not do; do not; does not
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
snugly; cosily; compactly
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
import; importation; introduction; afferent
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose