to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
process; course; mechanism
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
drunkenness; intoxication
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
to be smeared; to be covered
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
living thing; living creature; animal; life
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage