to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
to pierce through; to break through
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
to crawl out of; to creep out of
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
flight; desertion; escape
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
to run about trying to escape
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
predation; eating prey; preying upon
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
gliding (through the air)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
praise; glorification; extolment
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
heart; guts; nerve; central part
advance; moving forward; progress
hostility; antagonism; opposition
very; much; greatly; a lot of
understood; I see; OK; present; here
playing doctor; children examining each other's genitals (often as a role play)
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
without leaving any trace