to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to be sooty; to be stained
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica); Asian royal fern; flowering fern
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to creep about; to crawl around
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
to come in (of light); to shine in; to stream in; to pour in
exit; way out; outlet; vent
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
group; bunch; crowd; group
living thing; organism; creature; biology
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
(one's) current position; current location; present position
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature