main cause; primary factor
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
two colours; two varieties; two types
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
picture for coloring in (colouring)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
fine split (e.g. in wood); hangnail
kindergartener; preschooler
overripeness; full maturity; full development
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
running the whole distance
blood, sweat and tears; (lit.) sweat of blood
fortune-telling; divination
self-mutilation; self-injury
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
lightly; easily; carelessly
third stage; three stages
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation