complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
distrust; unjust suspicion
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to be overcome with emotion
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe; not completely displeasing; fairly pleasing
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
plan; scheme; stratagem; trick; trap; plot
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
an issue being settled; a case being closed
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
to give; to do (something) for
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
concreteness; feasibility
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)