to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
to the left (in location); left of center (politically); left-leaning; tending to the left
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
favorite; favourite; habitually used
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation (in Hegelianism)
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
chance (of success); odds
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
block (of wood); chip; splinter
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
mass; quality and quantity
large truck; semi-trailer
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
esophagus; oesophagus; gullet
to roll up; to be rolled up
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
semicircular canals (of the inner ear)
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
the hiragana character "ku"; chevron-shaped; dogleg-shaped