hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
100,000; hundred thousand
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
amount of money; sum of money
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
poop; faeces; feces; crap; trash; garbage
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
history; pedigree; lineage
rather; better; instead; if anything
slow-witted person; dimwit; halfwit; faded, dull-colored eggplant
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
how; in what way; by what means
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
long ago; already; a long time ago
suffering pain; experiencing hardship
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
long slits (esp. of eyes)
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami