to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
outside world; physical world
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
cornering someone; cornering an opponent's king (shogi)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
going there is easy but coming back is hard
children's song; nursery song
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
like this; this sort; this way
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
abrupt; sudden; unexpected