action; operation; effect; function
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
predation; eating prey; preying upon
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
assistant ...; probationary ...
carrion; decaying flesh; tainted meat
composition; constitution
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
nutritional value; food value
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
shaft (e.g. in a mine); pit
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
round shape; circle; circular form
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
to suppress one's emotions
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch
length (of an animal); body length
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
leather; leather-bound; leathern
gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
in swarms; in throngs; in droves; in hordes
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely