creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
heated wire; infrared rays; heat rays
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
specialization; specialisation
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
wherein; therein; thereinto
covering; protection; backing; relief
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to bring; to take; to bring about
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
to affect; to impact; to influence
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)