bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to thrust away; to send flying
to run around (wildly); to rush about all over the place; to make every effort (to do); to do everything one can
fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion
gradually; slowly but steadily
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
two (long cylindrical things)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
five (long cylindrical things)
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
convenient; handy; useful
son of a bitch; piece of shit
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
convention; tired tradition; old custom
pair; the two; both persons; both things
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
side; flank; position where one is not directly involved (in a matter); outsider's position; the sidelines
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
on the occasion of; at the time of