preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
unconditionally; as a rule
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
moderate; proper; just right
walking heavily; lumbering
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
killing two birds with one stone
thud thud (esp. footsteps); clump clump
with a slamming noise (e.g. door, telephone receiver); with a banging noise; with a clash; with a clank; with a bang
steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
kampō; traditional (herbal) medicine based on ancient Chinese medicine
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
now that; since; so long as; because
beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt (in Chinese mythology)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
pop; popular; pop-art-style; pop (music); pop (stack operation)
mayfly; ephemerality (of life); (arch.) dragonfly
stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
char (esp. the Japanese char, Salvelinus pluvius); charr
land-locked variety of red-spotted masu trout (Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae); amago
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon