sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
palatial residence; stately mansion
air hole; windhole; ventilator
deep-seated grudge; hatred
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
(not) a single person; (no) one
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
great speed; recklessly fast speed
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
for dear life; barely escaping alive
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
one's own property; possessions
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
two colours; two varieties; two types
distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad