direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
in that manner; like that
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
power; might; authority; influence
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
to find out; to discover; to locate
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
to increase; to add to; to augment
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration; condensation (of a vapour or gas)
the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)