opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
aquatic life; water creatures
whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)
celebratory flowers (e.g. given when opening a new business)
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
debt collector; bill collector
without eating or drinking
to go too far; to go to excess
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
calmly; with composure; without fear; without a guilty look; with good grace
to make up one's mind; to be determined
ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
hair disarranged during sleep; bed hair; habit of moving around in one's sleep; tossing and turning in sleep; sleeping habit (esp. of a child or toddler)
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to increase more and more; to continue to increase; to become more and more intense; to get stronger and stronger
finishing in one go; completing in one sitting; (doing something) in a single breath
to step over or across; to overcome
elastic; flexible; telescoping; expandable; retractable; extensible
breastplate; chest protector; bib
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
artificial feeding (of wild animals); accustoming (a wild animal) to accepting food from humans; hand-feeding; to win someone over (with food); to butter up
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game