grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
sattva (being); bodhisattva
magical power; mystical force
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
quilt; bedspread; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock; second dyeing
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
if it is the case that ...
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to check; to stop; to keep back
slimy; slippery; greasy; smoothly (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.)
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)