to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
tap; faucet; tap (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
tingling (with pain or numbness); throbbing; stinging; buzzing; chirring; chirping (of insects)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
form; shape; figure; morph
someone who is in their element; (lit.) fish that has found water
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to glare at each other; to confront each other
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
empty lot; vacant plot of land
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
presence; dignity; corpulence; obesity
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
urbanization; urbanisation
change; changing; exchange (e.g. of goods); change of sides (in baseball, American football, etc.); switching ends (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
the other day; a few days ago