black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
to be smeared; to be covered
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
gold leaf; gold foil; beaten gold
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
adult; person of full age
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
endurance; perseverance; patience
rude person; insolent person
doing as one is told; yes-man
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold