pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
sign of remorse; indication of regret
locker room; changing room; dressing room
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
spider's thread; spider silk
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
to look upwards; to look up
to accompany; to go with; to go together
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
skin as beautiful as a gem; beautiful skin
boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud