to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
stillness; repose; standing still
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
no matter how much time passes
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
something painted white; white makeup (for an actor); painted white
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
interphalangeal joint; knuckle joint
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
root; joint; base; crotch
bumpy (e.g. of a rash); knobbly; pimply; easily cut
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
cutting in two under train wheels
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
to get between; to be caught in
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails