groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
rush; rush hour; rush print (in films, anime, etc.); lighter aboard ship; LASH
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
pile (fabric, nuclear reactor, structural support, etc.)
prime field; figurine (used in modeling, dollmaking, etc.)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
interior of the mouth; oral cavity
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
absolutely; positively; decidedly
head; brains; intellect; understanding
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction