ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
innumerable; countless; numberless
without trouble; easily; readily
lightly; easily; carelessly
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
along the way; along the road
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
paper tape; paper streamer; punched tape
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies
at once; immediately; right now
wizardry; secret of immortality
attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
... and eastward; in and to the east of ...
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity