metre; meter; meter; gauge
to blunt; to dull; to weaken
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
each day; from day to day; day-to-day
just right; ideal; perfectly suitable; fetch!; bring me ...
sender; consignor; remitter
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
white sauce; béchamel sauce
waiting room; duty room; standby room
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
gender equality; equal rights for both sexes; equality of the sexes
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
fatty cut (esp. of tuna belly)
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
bank; banking institution
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick