broken; intermittent; disconnected
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to capture; to seize; to plunder
suddenly; all of a sudden
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
large number (of); many; majority
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
trouble; bother; annoyance
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
relatively; comparatively
preparation; arrangements
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
mule (animal); mule (women's footwear); spinning mule; Compton's mule
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
do-or-die game; crucial contest
pleasant feeling; good feeling
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
body and soul; mind and body
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate