to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
threat; intimidation; menace
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to check; to stop; to keep back
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
control; check; restraint; inhibition
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
immediately; at once; instantly
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm