expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to let someone have the credit for (a success); (lit.) to let someone else carry the flowers
treatment; handling; arrangement; addition; musical accompaniment (in noh)
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
birds of a feather flock together
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
in person; personally; directly
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
God's will; Heaven's will
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
victim; injured party; sufferer
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
directions; instructions; orders; command