wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
flight; desertion; escape
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
determination; conviction
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
mental derangement; madness; insanity
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
desperation; struggle to the death
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica); Asian royal fern; flowering fern
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
small administrative unit (of a village)
colour; color; hue; tints
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
plural; multiple; plural (number)
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
irritant odor; irritant odour; irritating smell (odor, odour)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
circulation; dissemination