to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
with a slurp; slurpingly; smooth; shiny; noodles; udon
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
all of the United States; the whole of the USA; all of North and South America; the entire Americas
holding tightly; squeezing; onigiri; rice ball; (accepting a) bribe
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure
intravaginal (anal, etc.) ejaculation; creampie
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to blow through; to blow across
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
every single word and phrase; word by word
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
chilly; unpleasantly cold
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
on a floor; above floor level
even though it is not; despite not
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately