iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
greatest mistake of one's life
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
reigning; controlling; dictating
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to pluck; to pick; to tear
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
respect and affection; love and respect
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to solicit; to demand; to extort
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night