to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
child's tear-stained face
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to mix in (e.g. an ingredient)
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
laboratory animal; experimental animal
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
to get tired of seeing; to get tired of looking at
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
to torture to death; to toy with (someone) until dead; to inflict a slow and painful death
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
end; close; finish; termination
seiken (karate proper fist); straight punch