cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
billow; surge; large wave
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
act of mercy; helping another person
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
to strain every nerve; to feel nervous
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Liang dynasty (China, 502-557)
pillar of fire; blazing column
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
history; pedigree; lineage
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor