going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
kind; sort; species; species
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
great cause; moral law; justice
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
distant place; faraway location; far away
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacninae); giant clam shell (one of the seven treasures)
sense of touch; tactile; haptic; hair style with long bangs
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
counter for chairs or seats; foot; leg
blow; shock; strike; batting
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
fainting; losing consciousness; passing out; syncope
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over