sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
holding down (esp. in judo); holding technique; pinning down; immobilizing; bringing under control
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to talk to oneself; to mutter
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
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
cesspool; sink; manure sink
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to begin to walk; to set out
to step firmly; to harden by treading
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
trio; gang of three; threesome
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)