Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); wild dog
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to thrust before; to thrust at
comparatively; relatively
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
retrenchment; curtailment
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to fly around; to scatter
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
rustling sound; rummaging sound
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
piece of meat; cut of meat
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
badger; Eurasian badger (Meles meles); defensive opening for shogi
field mouse; meadow mouse
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
only; merely; but; no more than
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
characteristic; feature; special quality