pulsation; pulsatory motion
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
skin; outer skin; integument; husk; hull; shell
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
three times; thrice; third (interval)
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
spider's thread; spider silk
persistent; stubborn; sticky; viscous; viscous temperament (in Kretschmer's classification); epileptoid temperament
adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding; adhering
support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to withstand; to be able to endure
resistance; opposition; obstruction; (electrical) insulating coating; insulating varnish
healing item; health item
moribund state; near-death; barely alive condition
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
draw (in competition); tie game
winning by decision (in combat sports); winning on points
to hate the very sight (of); to hold a grudge (against); to treat (someone) like an enemy; to bear constant enmity (towards); to be gunning for; to have it in for
(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
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
nonparticipation; nonattendance
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)