to beat someone at their own game; to outdo someone in their specialty
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
imprisonment; incarceration
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
district; section; sector
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
control; management (e.g. of a business)
transport; transportation
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
company president; manager; director
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap
man of the hour; woman of the hour
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to keep (a person) waiting
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to break the silence; to break one's silence
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
to press against each other; to huddle together
death by hanging; execution by hanging
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to say no more; to sink into silence