to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to arrest; to capture ; to entangle; to trap; to get (something) stuck; to trip up ; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract; to remove
to eat ; to live; to make a living; to survive ; to bite; to sting (as insects do) ; to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of ; to encroach on; to eat into; to consume ; to defeat a superior; to threaten a position ; to consume time; to consume resources ; to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) ; to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery) ; to sever (connections, ties) ; to turn off (e.g. the light) ; to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect ; to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub) ; to open (something sealed) ; to start ; to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.) ; to reduce; to decrease; to discount ; to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
carpenter's square ; instigation; suggestion; manipulation; (someone's) doing ; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end ; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
to miss; to overlook; to fail to notice ; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to turn a blind eye to ; to pass up (e.g. an opportunity) ; to let (a good ball) go by
irony; sarcasm; cynicism; satire ; unexpected; different from what one expected; not as one had planned ; (only) surface; something superficial ; skin and bone; body
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention ; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; convergence; focus (of a debate, questions, etc.) ; within a collection of works
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink) ; to be washed away; to be carried ; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray ; to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate ; to be heard (e.g. music); to be played ; to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair) ; to pass; to elapse; to be transmitted ; to be called off; to be forfeited ; to disappear; to be removed
to avoid (physical contact with) ; to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to shirk (one's responsibilities) ; to ward off; to avert ; to put aside; to move out of the way
to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend; to go on (for, until) ; to be up to the task; to come up to ; to compare with; to be a match (for) ; to commit (a crime) ; to require (to do)
inner part; interior; back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.); depths (e.g. of a forest); recesses (e.g. of a cave); heart; end (of a road, garden, etc.) ; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room ; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart); behind (someone's words); mysteries (of an art)