foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
drum; croaker (any fish of the family Sciaenidae); Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
bragging; showing off; pride
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
son of a bitch; piece of shit
sharp parting remark; parting threat
intimidation; threat; bluster
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
had better ...; had better not ...
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to spread salt (to spiritually purify)
salt damage (from seawater, sea air, etc.)
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
last days; the end; one's fate
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
such a thing; something like that
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
to express (in words); to confess
troubled face; worried expression
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter