guard; sentinel; garrison
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
somehow; for some reason or other
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
of course; certainly; naturally
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
learning; studying the fine arts
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to fall on one's backside
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
someone; unknown person; I; me
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry