filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
writer; author; contributor
right (to do something); authority; power
in the ministry; in the department
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
soiling; polluting; shame; disgrace; chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to spend time (on doing something)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
moment; brief space of time
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to take back; to recapture
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
height of; middle of; full bloom
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works