district; section; sector
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
polish; improvement; burnishing
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
varsika (meditation retreat; usu. for 90 days starting on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar)
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
distinction; discrimination
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)
god of death; death deity; Death
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
creation; Creation (by God)
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
chisel; burin; graver; gad; jumper
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
manner of using one's hands
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
fresco (technique of blending wet plaster with water-based paint); (laboratory) flask
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish