energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
length (of an animal); body length
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to be within one's capabilities; to be easy to chew
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
snake; serpent; large snake
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
ruggedly; jaggedly; stiffly; choppy (e.g. graphics); lagged; clunky
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
everything; anything; nothing