growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
degeneration; retrogression
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
random pounding (e.g. on a drum)
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
one's own thing; thing held in one's hand(s); one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency