clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
everywhere; at every turn
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
mid-air breakage or disintegration
reaching; attaining; arrival
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
the place for; the time for; the level of
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to curb; to halt; to apply brakes; to put an end to
is something that; is that which
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
beforehand; in advance; previously
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to succeed; to bear fruit
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way