to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
low (level, value, price, etc.)
fund-raising; fund collecting
sacrifice sale; bargain sale; discount sale
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
dodgy dealings; monkey business
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
dress coordination; costume coordination; fitting session; costume fitting
remote (work, device, etc.)
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
never ceasing; never ending; endless
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
old body; aged person; elderly person
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)
to be on the right track; to go well
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
divining sticks; counting; calculation
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
inspection of personal belongings (e.g. before entering a venue)
poisoning; kill by poison
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)
water (hydraulic) pressure
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)