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
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to squeeze out; to wring out
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to gather; to collect; to assemble
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to become sinewy; to behave formally
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
urasuji; side fork; frenulum; frenulum of prepuce of penis
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate