inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
posture; position; stance
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
landing (on the ground); landing place; terminal; (shipping) destination; outcome; final result
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
place to go; person to turn to; person to depend on
becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
in succession; one after another
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
advantage or disadvantage
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
rapid firing; continuous firing; firing in quick succession
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
-less; lacking; non-existing
to talk; to carry meaning
conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
origin; beginning; source
continual change; vicissitudes; transmigration; metempsychosis
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to resound; to echo; to reverberate