environment; circumstance
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to feel; to sense; to experience
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
calming down; quieting down
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
serious; not joking; straight
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
such; like that; that sort of; very
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature