hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to grimace; to make a wry face
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
and then; and so; and; so then
paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony); paper used for writing tanka
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
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 feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
defense; defence; protecting; preventing
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
tear; rip; breach; break; hole; crack
at that very moment; at precisely that time; just when
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common