to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
mental anguish; mental distress
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
several times (as large, over)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
acceleration; speeding up
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
doubling; marked increase; multiplying; redoubling
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
neutralization; neutralisation; neutralization (e.g. of a poison); counteraction
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss