to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
festival merrymaking; revelry
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
waste; lavish spending; dissipation
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
mockery; derision; ridicule
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
either way; in any case; one way or another
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
slightly early; just before
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
control; check; restraint; inhibition
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to distract one's attention
in the meanwhile; during the time