wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
drone; unmanned aircraft; drone
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
strangulation; strangling
poisoning; kill by poison
cardioplegia; heart attack
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
murder; killing; murderer
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to sniff out; to catch the scent of
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
sense of smell; olfaction
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of