to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
autumn breeze; fall breeze
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
(program of) entertainments; special events; exhibitions; amusements; attractions
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
men and women of all ages
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
having missing teeth; toothlessness
yuzu bath; hot citron bath
one game (of go, shogi, etc.); one board (go, shogi, etc.); one office (of a broadcasting station, post office, etc.)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
intermission (between acts); interlude
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
by today; before the day is over
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
three qualities of a martial artist or athlete: heart, technique, strength
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
to happen to hear; to overhear
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
noisy; confused; uproarious