balance; difference (in price, cost); margin
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
shriek of delight; cry of joy
with a snap; with a click (beep); shortly; briefly; small
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
rampancy; prevalence; domination
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to comfort; to console; to amuse
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
wild beast; wild animal; brute
to trample; to crush underfoot
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
in person; personally; directly
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
what do you want?; can I help you?
rational; reasonable; logical