doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
hostility; antagonism; opposition
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to let slip; to slide; to glide
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; dull; roundabout
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
murder; killing; murderer
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
to strangle; to constrict
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
in the end; at the end of the day
someone else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
person concerned; interested party; related party
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
contest of strength; trial of strength
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution