to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
limbs; arms and legs; body
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
plump; chubby; voluptuous
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
both; both sides; both parties
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out