to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
second grade; second step; second act (in jōruri, noh, kabuki, etc.); third highest division; makushita division
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
in succession; one after another
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
explosive; blasting powder
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to crawl out of; to creep out of
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
the opposite direction; the other way
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
if you want to hide a tree, the best place is a forest
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
in proportion to; just as much as
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order