sheath; case; (finger) stall; condom
able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong
powerful medicine; strong poison
to soak into; to permeate
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
other than; excluding; without
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to torment; to torture; to harass
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
heaven and earth; universe
to check; to stop; to keep back
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
again (and again); once again; yet again
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
to begin to bloom; to come out
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
resignation; acceptance; consolation
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
face; looks; vestiges; trace
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to bury; to embed; to implant
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
distribution of electricity
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy