to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
soldier; combatant; warrior
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
explosion; rupture; break off
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour
true state; actual condition; reality
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to burst (open); to break; to split
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
indicate reason; infers some protest
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
finally; barely; only just; gradually
(arch.) word; waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether