to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
sharply; harshly; stingingly
to detain; to check; to restrain
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to ask; to enquire; to query
to fix (e.g. to a wall); to secure; to install; to plant
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
scorch; burn; burnt rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
big fire (buildings, etc. on fire)
what's what; heads or tails
colorless and transparent
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
quiet; still; surreptitious
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to live; to reside; to inhabit
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
all (there is); as long as there is
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
to tear off; to strip; to rob
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid