to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
to blow out; to spout out
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
to be main; to be principal; to be important
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
naked eye; the physical eye
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
grooming oneself (esp. animals); mutual grooming (e.g. monkeys); social grooming; personal grooming
dark reddish-brown; liver color
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
no!; no no!; no, not at all
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
yelp; yap; yipe; kiang (Equus kiang); kyang
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
time (for, to do); time (to finish a race, lap, etc.); time-out; thyme
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
repeatedly; frequently; over and over; exceedingly; sincerely; very much