lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
going into battle; departure for the front
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
in a terrible mess; in complete disorder; chaotic
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
product; produce; result; fruit
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
automatic; intransitive verb
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
highest score; highest number of points; top grade; peak altitude; highest point
to be enraged; to flip out
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
prohibition; inhibition; ban