praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
good performance; good work; great success
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
(opening of a) wound; cut
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
individual; one by one; separate; each
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
to wring the neck; to strangle
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
material; materials; data; information; documents
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; agglutination
on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
imprudent; indiscreet; immodest; indecent; inconsiderate; inappropriate
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
to divide in two; to divide in half; to divide (among); to apportion; to portion out