stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to watch intently; to stare
everybody; every last one of them; all
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
scene; spectacle; sight; view
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
through a (computer, etc.) screen
cannot be compared with; no match for
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen