testicle; testicles; testes
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
accumulation; accumulate; store
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
being filled with; being full of; permeation
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
will not do; do not; does not
sincerity; true heart; devotion
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
sincere; honest; faithful
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
focusing (of light); convergence; gathering and bundling
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
to rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to rage (of a storm, waves, etc.); to be wild (of the wind); to be rough
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
fabrication; lie; fiction
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
irregular (schedule, service, etc.); indeterminate (length of time); staggered (payments)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin