crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge
landing; alighting; touch down
self-torturing; masochistic
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
concreteness; feasibility
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
discretion; consideration; allowance
eight (long cylindrical things)
around the world; throughout the world
way of reciting; way of telling a story
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
thickness; profundity; depth
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
conceptual drawing; conceptual diagram; artist's impression
anything and everything; just about everything
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
self-deprecating routine; self-deprecating joke
having missing teeth; toothlessness
one way or the other; either way
vaulting horse; vaulting box; box horse
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
insufficient; not enough; lacking; dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
day of the Rat (esp. the first day of the Rat in the New Year); (arch.) collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots; (arch.) pine shoot pulled out by the roots