killing and wounding; bloodshed
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
(act of) drinking water; (water) drinking container; glass; peasant
spoiled; half-rotten; decaying
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
two days before; day before yesterday
squeezed juice (e.g. of a lemon)
sense for (how to use) money; money sense
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
direct unforked road; straight path
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
to turn left; to turn to the left
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
cannot be compared with; no match for
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind