posture; position; stance
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
way of calling (something or someone)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
and yet; though; when; in spite of
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infix
coquettish voice (of a woman); seductive squeal; alluring cry