to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
tradition; legend; folklore
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
other than; excluding; without
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
simmer; bubble out; flow out
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
tension; tensile strength
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!