short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae spp.); spiny anteater
first place; head position; leading position
drinking and vomiting; coming and going
rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
major volcanic eruption; large-scale eruption; violent eruption; great eruption
watery; soggy; racy; titillating; sexy
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
toe; toe (of a golf club)
new record (in sports, etc.)
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to worry about the future
wounded person; injured person
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
extensive knowledge; erudition
to well up; to burst; to arise
ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy