to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
esoteric Buddhist ritual in which incantations are chanted; magic
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
beyond human understanding
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
everybody; every last one of them; all
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
at once; immediately; right now
address to the gods; type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
absorption; suction; attraction
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence