choice; selection; option
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
declaration; proclamation; announcement
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes; (lit.) cat food
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.3 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
preservation; retainment; keeping
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
threat; intimidation; menace
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
great difference; major mistake
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
Hades; hell; underworld; underground spring
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
rear guard; reserve troops
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down