skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
one's house; one's home; one's family; house
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to relax; to feel at home
(bank) balance; remainder
increase and decrease; fluctuation
personal history; background; career
fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
several weeks; a few weeks
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)