immature form (of an organism); young animal
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
living thing; organism; creature; biology
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to roll about; to writhe about
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
namasu; dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar
end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
death from cold; freezing to death
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
unknown; strange; I don't care; that's irrelevant; whatever
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
exemplar; model; example; pattern
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
yao bhikkhuni; mythical nun who acquired perpetual youth by consuming mermaid flesh
bhikkhuni (fully ordained nun); Indonesia
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to despair of; to see the vanity of
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
the West; the Occident; Western countries
naked above the waist; stripped to the waist; shirtless
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
fungal filament; hypha; hyphae