living thing; living creature; animal; life
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
direct control; direct supervision
to order; to command; to appoint
to fail to die (e.g. after suicide attempt or accident); to survive; to outlive
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to disperse; to take a castle
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
head house (family); birthplace; originator
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to put one's strength into
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
regret; repentance; remorse
torture to death; torment to death