assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
extensive; vast range; wide scope
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
to thrust away; to send flying
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
with a thud (of something heavy)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
sanity; consciousness; soberness
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
victim; injured party; sufferer
(dead) body; corpse; remains
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
suicide (carried out with a blade, gun, etc.)
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth