to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
eagle (Accipitridae family)
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
compensation liability; indemnity liability; obligation to pay reparations
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
Anna era (968.8.13-970.3.25); Anwa era
to square one's shoulders
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to do someone in; to bump someone off
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
getting nowhere; becoming uncontrollable; getting out of hand; remaining unsatisfied
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
to be turned up; to be turned inside out; to ride up; to be lifted (e.g. by wind)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...