to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
joints; points (of a speech)
poor physical health; bad shape
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize
assistant nurse; practical nurse
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
playing doctor; children examining each other's genitals (often as a role play)
hurtful comment or abuse directed by a doctor to their patient; patient abuse
sphygmomanometer (instrument used to measure blood pressure)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
falling over; toppling sideways
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)