cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
biting into a whole fruit (esp. apple)
cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)
exquisite skill; wonderful performance
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
to save; to leave over; to spare
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
to turn completely into; to become completely
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
quitting while one is ahead
white circle; white star; victory mark
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says