mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
relatively; comparatively
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
eyes made of crystal, glass, etc. inserted into the head of a Buddhist statue; beautiful female eyes
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
otherwise; if not; or else
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to be bony; to be angular
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to happen to meet; to come across
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; magic
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
to creep about; to crawl around
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to join together; to combine; to join up
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff