to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
endless; boundless; everlasting
a long time ago; long ago
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
just because; even if; even though
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
holding a sword above one's head (kendo posture); haughty attitude; overbearing manner
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
otherwise; or else; if not
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
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)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless