to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
foehn; föhn; foehn wind; föhn wind
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
without the least difference; exactly; perfectly; to the inch
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
block (of wood); chip; splinter