brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
operation; functioning; running
fricative; fricative consonant
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
light blue; pale blue; aqua
top of the head; crown of the head; vertex; (the) parietal
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
sub-; second-rate; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia
race (of people); type of person
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
bursting at the seams; bulging
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
forum (in an ancient Roman city); form; shape
sharp (blade, image, mind, etc.); sharp; number sign; hash sign; mechanical pencil
to temper thoroughly; to train well
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to jump from one thing to another
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance