sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
discovery; detection; finding
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
stuffing; mounting; stuffed animal
to market (something); to feature (something to sell); to trade in (something); to securitize
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
prohibition; inhibition; ban
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to harm; to cause harm to
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
study; research; investigation
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
difference; variation; difference
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over