to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to grimace; to make a wry face
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
questionable; doubtful; suspicious
killing time; staving off boredom
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
treating someone like a child
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to throw away; to abandon
great hurry; great haste; rush
to tan (leather, hide, etc.); to dress
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses