offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)
not permitting; not authorizing
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
un-; non-; negative prefix
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
Q&A; question and answer
everywhere; all over; throughout
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
practice; practising; training; study
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
corrosion; etching; action of acid; rot; rust; erosion
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved