to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
scale; scope; plan; structure
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
being too late; losing one's final chance
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
to rebuke; to scold harshly
something worth mentioning; something to count on; something problematic
to roll up or pull up (sleeves, skirt, etc.)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
perspiration given off during sleep; sweating while sleeping; night sweats
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
less than ...; smaller ...
shellfish; seashell; shell
suppuration; festering; coming to head
to be prolonged; to drag on
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter