beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
bright red; crimson lotus flower
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to blaze; to burn brightly
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
four-legged; four-footed; (four-legged) animal; beast
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
prosperous; flourishing; thriving; muscular; brawny
trunk; torso; body; body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
head over heels; headlong; head first
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
origin; source; beginning; starting point
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake