remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to peel off and fall; to flake away
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
to take over for (someone); to stand in for; to substitute for; to replace; to take the place of (something)
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
poi (Maori style of performance art); poi (tethered weights used in poi performances)
forbidden move (sumo, shogi, go, etc.); prohibited move; foul
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
keeping silent; saying nothing at all
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
mirror surface; lens surface
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to fight each other; to clash
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
fierce tiger; ferocious tiger; Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)
to remove; to move out of the way
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
a long time ago; long ago
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness