to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
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
heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to split (by striking); to divide; to disclose; to speak frankly
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
fortress; stronghold; citadel
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
(distant) howling; howl; backbiting; criticizing someone behind their back
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
classification; categorization; sorting
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
effigy; likeness; portrait; statue
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
general term; generic name
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
fetish (object believed to have supernatural powers)