one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
inarizushi; sushi wrapped in fried tofu
bento; Japanese box lunch
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
to push (something) against
fluent (in a language); flowing
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to come to like a lot; to fall in love
justice; fairness; impartiality
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
point where one has to accept one's fate; point where one has to give up; state of resignation; resigned state
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
greedy; avaricious; covetous
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
to be pleased with; to suit
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
trembling or quavering voice
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
to be dead; to be lifeless