to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
living thing; organism; creature; biology
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
predation; eating prey; preying upon
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
Siebold's dragonfly (Anotogaster sieboldii); jumbo dragonfly
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption; first offering of the season
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit