decision; determination; resolution
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
counter for chairs or seats
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
tag (children's game); tig
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
metallic sound; metallic clank
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
deep emotion; strong feelings
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because