to be needed; to be wanted
personal combat; one-to-one fight
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
just the other day; quite recently
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
purging (data); purge (esp. of public officials)
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
quickly; swishing; whooshing
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
root; joint; base; crotch
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
stillness; repose; standing still
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
many; much; plenty; hardly
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt