fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
being startled; getting a shock
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny; brightly; clearly
to cover fully; to wrap around
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
childish; childlike; immature; infantile
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
overlay; overlay (of a block of program code or data)
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
firm; unshakeable; resolute
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to burst (open); to break; to split
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
nothing but; none other than
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
process; course; mechanism
to talk on and on; to talk one's head off
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)