persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to let slip; to slide; to glide
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to behave well (of a child)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by; managing
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to run about; to rush about
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
interior; inside; internal
to increase; to add to; to augment
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to half-rise to one's feet
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on