lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
delayed child-bearing (esp. after the age of 35); late child-bearing
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to happen suddenly; to occur unexpectedly; to appear out of the blue
hello; good day; good afternoon
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
silence; stillness; quietness
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform; straightening (of teeth)
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation