meteor; shooting star; falling star
shaft (e.g. machinery); axle; shaft (of a golf club); mine shaft; pit
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
brilliant; bright; glorious
burning; combustion; exerting all strength; making an effort
pillar of fire; blazing column
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to be smeared; to be covered
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
verge of death; dying moments
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
planarian (any flatworm of family Planaria)
general term; generic name
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
starvation; famine; hunger
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
another; different; separate; discrete
to be extremely dangerous