daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
bending; warping; flexibility; pliability
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
long snake; long line (of people, etc.)
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
cave; cavern; den; grotto
to be smeared; to be covered
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
audible range; hearing range
first cry of a newborn baby
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
hooklike; hook-shaped; unciform
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
stability; security; equilibrium
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
busy; having no (free) time
restricted; confined; unfree
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
being bombed; being A-bombed; being nuked; being exposed to radiation (from an atomic blast)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
thick curtain; drop curtain
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty