common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
horn (musical instrument)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
with a start; with a jump
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
to squeeze out; to wring out
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier