clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
and; thereupon; because of that
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
proposal; offer; request; application
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
shady; underhanded; questionable
to apologize; to apologise
to make a firm resolution
just a minute; small quantity
metallic sound; metallic clank
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
no matter how much time passes
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
violent explosion; bursting