propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
evening meal; supper; dinner
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark
to slide down; to slip down
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
to dismiss (from a position); to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
to strangle; to constrict
to sustain a serious wound
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
host; landlord; innkeeper
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest
all (that one has); all (that there is); everything; as much as possible; as much as one can; to the utmost
unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
queen (consort); empress (consort)
motherly; mother-like; maternal; like a mother
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.); to weaken
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
appearance; how one looks to others; towards the outside; outside part
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation