nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
tourist; traveler; traveller; visitor
to read (a book, etc.) over again
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
greeting; a fine thing to say
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed
curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to despise; to scorn; to look down on
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
probe each other; sound each other out
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
leader; central personage
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite