novel; original; new; innovative
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
willpower; energy; vitality
unless one ...; if one does not ...
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
natural; reasonable; obvious
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to apologize; to apologise
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
pride; boast; credit (to)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
self-flattery; sing one's own praises
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
looking on (somebody) as hostile
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to be infected; to be contagious
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class