wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation; front left; front and left
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
to form a group; to form a bunch
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
going in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
negative acknowledgement; NAK
evening; early night hours
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
retaining wall; sheathing
to become sinewy; to behave formally
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
neat and clean; tidy; trim
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities
follower; attendant; valet; servant
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
without omission; in full
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
to be greenish; to be tinged green
long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with