to employ; to hire; to charter
thin slice of meat or fish; (arch.) briefly salt-pickled fish slice
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
plaintive; piteous; doleful
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
to rampage; to run wild; to go berserk; to be violent (waves, wind, etc.); to be rough
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
running amok (amuck); committing violence on; in utter disorder
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
weeping for joy; crying with happiness
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
originally; by nature; from the start
due form; official; formality
in the same manner as before; the same as always
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
verbal message; word (from someone)
containing; keeping; comprehending; entertaining (an idea)
as if nothing had happened
rare; strange; odd; peculiar