hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
perception; sensation; awareness
tsuzumi; hourglass-shaped Japanese hand drum; drum (general term for struck leather percussion instruments)
strangling (to death); strangulation
counter for books; volume
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
to cease; to stop; to be over
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to shave off; to scrape off
little by little; bit by bit
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
unclear; indistinct; obscure; opaque; inarticulate; dim
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly
inside; interior; inner part
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to run about; to rush about
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
shaft; axle; mandrel; arbor; centre of a group
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
to tie; to fix; to attach
radicalization; radicalisation; intensification; aggravation; sharpening (e.g. of an image); narrowing (of a peak)
steering; piloting; flying; management (of people); handling; manipulation
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
influence; clout; leverage
slight; little; insignificant
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
the positive and the negative; yin and yang
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
with a loud, shrill laugh; with a cackle; (laughing) wildly
sleepwalker; somnambulist
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows); fascicle
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval