abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
arrest; apprehension; capture
under control (e.g. of territory)
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
base of the tongue; root of the tongue
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to offer (put up) resistance
toxin; poisonous substance
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
to arch; to be curved; to become bow-shaped; to bend backward
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
cares; ill feeling; reserve
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite