to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
alternately; by turns; one after the other
cinnamon; cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum sieboldii)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
snow boots; yuki-gutsu; traditional Japanese snow boots made of straw
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
living thing; living creature; animal; life
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
wrong; different; not like that
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to discard; to abandon; to neglect; to let be
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
to strangle; to constrict
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
sparing oneself; laziness
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
younger brother and sister
looks (esp. of a woman); features; facial appearance; facial beauty
(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
rustic; country bumpkin; ruffian; unrefined person; non-politician; non-government person
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange