until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to watch over; to watch attentively
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to approach; to draw near
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)
fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
to grow up; to become an adult
horizontal stripes; lateral stripes
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
(giving) instruction; initiation
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
moderately; in moderation
moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus, species of Indo-Pacific perciform fish)
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
heaps of corpses all around
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
trivial; not amounting to much