small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
to lick off; to take (something) off by licking
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
leg strength; walking ability; running ability
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
defeating in an instant; instant kill
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
garden soil; soil used in a garden
two (long cylindrical things)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
vitality; (one's) life force
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
the reverse; other side; lining
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal