to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to freeze; to refrigerate
cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
threat; intimidation; menace
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
crazy; mad; devoid of reason
to thrust away; to send flying
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
great admiration; deep respect
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
to pile up; to accumulate
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
in the same way as; just like
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion