to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
elementary level; beginner level
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
posture; position; stance
abdominal muscles; abs; sit-up (exercise)
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
to burst open; to pop; to split
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
metallic sound; metallic clank
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
to push (something) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
left breast; left side of the chest
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air