to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
standing tall; towering; soaring
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
counter for chairs or seats
clamp; clasp; fastener; binding
torture device; instrument of torture
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
something (equipped) with legs; sole of foot; one's manner of walking
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
competing; competition; auction
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to get strong; to gain strength
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
yellowish-white; pale yellow
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate