advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to be dead; to be lifeless
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
carnivore; carnivorous animal
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to strangle; to constrict
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees