monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
(doing something) in tears
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
only recently; just of late
silence; stillness; quietness
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to surge; to well up; to gush out
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
billow; surge; large wave
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
two (long cylindrical things)
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
beyond that point; after that
in its entirety; whole; wholly
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
saving (e.g. energy); cutting down on (e.g. alcohol); save; save
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)