to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
to have a long life; to live a long time
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs); trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)