sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to send flying with a kick
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
oracle; revelation; divine message
to blow out; to spout out
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle
looking over someone's shoulder
to head home; to leave for home
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
strap (to hang onto); hanging strap
hanger (e.g. for mosquito net); hanging strap; fisherman; angler
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin
to be superstitious; to believe in omens
thing that brings good or bad luck; popular belief; superstition; jinx
eloquence; volubility; (lit.) (like) water on a standing board
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
easy to read; legible; clear
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
unable to resist; unable to suppress
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
to be flexible; to be accommodating
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
feng shui; fengshui; wind and water
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
animal passions; carnal desire; lust
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation