dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
to hide; to conceal oneself
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to cut apart; to split; to divide; to cut open
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
to make sense; to be meaningful
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to blaze; to burn brightly
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to become hot (from the sun)
style of tie-dyeing used during the Nara era
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
suddenly; all of a sudden