painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
thereupon; shortly thereafter
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
on hand; readily available
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished