strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
episode; anecdote; vignette
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
typographical error; typo
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
another; different; something else
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
fishnet stockings (tights)
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
collared; having a collar; (appearance of) one's collar when wearing multiple kimonos; (arch.) (financial) circumstances; (arch.) lifestyle
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
predation; eating prey; preying upon
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
fundoshi; loincloth; traditional Japanese men's undergarment made from a length of cotton