insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
intangible; incorporeal; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
so what!; who gives a damn?
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
very much; exceedingly; extremely
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to become vulgar; to coarsen
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
to be injured; to sustain a wound
around the clock; day and night
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
prisoner (of war); POW; captive
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
to run down (stairs, etc.)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
drone beetle (Pseudotorynorrhina japonica); scarab beetle
suddenly; all of a sudden
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
wriggling; squirming; writhing; maneuvering (behind the scenes; of insignificant people); manoeuvring; planning mischief
very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
dead (money, stock, etc.); dead (ball); dead (sound, room); with little reverberation
audio feedback; acoustic feedback; howl
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
remote control; remote operation
smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd