to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
ten (long cylindrical things)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
misanthropy; misanthropist
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
guess; speculation; supposition
parasol (esp. one that is secured to the ground); sunshade; (beach) umbrella
good family; respectable family; decent family
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
sunlight filtering through trees
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully