to lose a closely fought contest
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks; chopsticks (hand game)
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large side; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
vacuum; absorption; suction
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
yoke; constraints; oppression
to smear; to daub; to shift (the blame onto someone else)
each encampment; strong (wind); fierce; intermittent
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
abrasion; scrape; graze; paratripsis
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
being startled; getting a shock
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
several times; a few times; several degrees; a few degrees
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to cease; to stop; to be over
in and out movement (esp. during intercourse); pistoning
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
to badger; to pester; to beg
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
sensuously beautiful; seductively beautiful; voluptuous
to writhe (in pain); to squirm; to wriggle
position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.); vital point; crux
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
to choke; to have trouble breathing
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion