burst of laughter; roar of laughter
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
long ago; already; a long time ago
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
that's a different matter; that's a different story
greater than ...; bigger ...
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
power; might; authority; influence
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to be too numerous; to be too much
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
accurate; correct; precise; exact
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate