obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
offender; criminal; culprit
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
broken; intermittent; disconnected
head over heels; madly (in love)
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
sensual love; love affair
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
explanation; interpretation
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
almost every day; almost daily
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
exorcism rite; purification
evil spirit (that can possess people)
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
true dharma; true teachings of Buddha; age of the true law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted