rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
karate; being empty-handed; having nothing in one's hands
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer
from ancient times; from old times; from time immemorial
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
(with a) whizz; hiss; zip; easily; with ease
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
with a collapse; with a slump
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out; forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators); overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
nervousness; oversensitivity
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium