to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
patterns of thinking; train of thought
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
anaconda (esp. the green anaconda, Eunectes murinus)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
silence (not speaking); muteness
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
to get strong; to gain strength
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
to say; to be called; to do
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing