to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
foreign enemy; outside invader
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
transcendence; transcendency
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
house where the family is out
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
loose and disheveled hair
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); icky; to stick closely
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
ordinary citizen; the general public
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
erection (of the penis); becoming erect; stiffening; welling up (of an emotion)
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infix
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
crotch; groin; area between the thighs
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to be filled to bursting; to burst
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined