stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
to run about trying to escape
fire chief's car; command vehicle
Special Assault Team; SAT
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
event; phenomenon; matter
contents (of a container, stomach, etc.); things inside
ice water; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to take upon oneself; to pull (a thing) over one's head
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
crookedness; bending; indentation; curvature; flexion
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
near; close; beside; third person
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
exchange of blows; long rally
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.); decision; settling on
sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking
suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)
directionality; directivity
thousands; several thousand
great admiration; deep respect
wall material; wall-finishing material; wallplate (e.g. in a mine)
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)