disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step forward; to take a step forward
(with a) start; fright; alarm
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
laryngeal prominence; Adam's apple
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
study; learning; tutorial
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
driving off birds; procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house; female street musician who wore a braided hat and carried a shamisen; street entertainer who appeared on New Year's eve and performed with a fan
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision