to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
question; inquiry; enquiry
to repeat; to do something over again
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
outsider; someone outside of a group
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
dignity; majesty; sanctity
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
scoundrel; rascal; villain
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
profitable plan; good plan
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
loss-cutting; cutting one's losses