rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
precarious situation; precarious state
piling up; multiple layers
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
incarnation (of a god, spirit or abstract quality); embodiment; avatar; incarnation; monster role; kumadori worn for a monster role
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
wood (for building); lumber; timber
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
consoling the spirits of the dead
this is my chance; this is the (opportune) moment; here's an opportunity (that can't be passed up)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
nesting hole; burrow; den
to establish; to formulate
charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
Moon; the greater yin (in yin-yang)
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
generating cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood); mutual generation
metallic taste; taste of iron
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignorant person
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
person who died for a cause; guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection
model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern