(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
to wring the neck; to strangle
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
(I) found it; (I) found you
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
low dining table; tea table
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
retreat; retirement; depression (hole)
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
to complete decisively; to do to completion
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; yo-ho!; heave-ho!
even though; despite; when
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off