to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
to well up; to burst; to arise
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
offender; criminal; culprit
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
match; game; bout; contest
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
a short while ago; already
to stiffen; to become stiff
foundation stone; cornerstone
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
protective instinct; defensive instinct
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
time of death; one's final hour; one's end