average; mean; balance; equilibrium
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
naturalization; naturalisation
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash
death by suffocation; death by choking
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
what kind of business; what sort of matter
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
cleavage (between breasts)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
presence (impressive quality)
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
scorch; burn; burnt rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that