to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
transfer; assignment; conveyance
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
combining the working parts of two or more broken machines to make one functioning machine; manufacturing one part out of multiple different parts
offender; criminal; culprit
squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
backward somersault; back handspring; backflip
well-cooked; well-done; browned
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner
scorch; burn; burnt rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
fairyland; never-never land
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
to entertain; to make welcome
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
albino Japanese rat snake
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around