fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness
to crawl towards; to creep up to
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
immorality; injustice; adultery; illicit relationship; murdering one's teacher or a government official (one of the eight unpardonable crimes)
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
living thing; living creature; animal; life
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
scene; spectacle; sight; view
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
coagulation; freezing; solidification
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
big snake; (large) serpent
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
instability; insecurity; crankiness
Shuto Expressway (network of toll expressways in the Kanto region)
overhead wires; elevated railway
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace