thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to be overcome with emotion
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to become very angry; to become furious; to fly into a rage
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
sword; blade; single stroke
to begin shooting; to shoot out
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to approach; to draw near
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
the last moment; the very end
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
didn't stir an inch; not stirring a muscle
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to talk; to carry meaning
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
to cease; to stop; to be over
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
madness; craziness; insanity