to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
strategist; tactician; schemer
image; figure; figure; form; image
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
preservation; retainment; keeping
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
impudence; cheekiness; impertinence
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
handcraft; handwork; hand throwing technique (judo)
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out