omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
sanity; consciousness; soberness
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
something small; something petty; trifle
simplification (character, hair-style, etc.); unbalancing an opponent
to do someone in; to bump someone off
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
don't you think?; indicates question
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
almost every day; almost daily
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
tenth day of the month; ten days
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
dark night; moonless night
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
property; fortune; assets
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown