rest period; intermission; break time; recess
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
extinguishing a fire; fire fighting
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
to dash (water, etc.; on someone or something); to throw (on); to pour (over)
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
(act of) violence; vicious crime; murder
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
running as fast as one can
general; popular; common; typical
pursuer; pursuing party; posse; (arch.) tailwind; (arch.) favorable wind; (arch.) fair wind
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
to send flying with a kick
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image