physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
clearing one's throat; cough
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
regulation; adjustment; control
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
extensive; vast range; wide scope
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
practice by repetition; learning by rote
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
opposite side; opposition
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth