to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
a hundred lashes; a hundred strokes
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
combined use; using together (with); using jointly; using at the same time
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
black; black (coffee); exploitative (company); overly harsh; boldface; blackface
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to rain incessantly; to downpour
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to stay (at); to stop (at)
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
to come to bloodshed; to see bloodshed
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
natural history; wide learning; broad area of learning
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love