empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
police officer; policeman; constable
changing clothes; change of clothes
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
motorcycle police; white-colored police motorcycle
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything
to be torn off; to come off
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
mineral dust; mine dust; fine particles; dust
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
slip; skid; slip (i.e. petticoat); slip (of paper); Serial Link IP; SLIP
slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)
many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount
counter for wheels and flowers
half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary
nirvana; supreme enlightenment; death; death of Buddha
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
downward adjustment; downward revision
to shake; to waver; to tremble
king of beasts (i.e. lion)
piece of meat; cut of meat
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period