hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
prickling; stinging; tingling
elder sister; effeminate man
setting on fire; setting afire
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
sharing; division; draw; tie
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity