to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
two (long cylindrical things)
leader of a charge; first to arrive
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
identifying a severed head; checking a person's identity
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to ask for (e.g. a fee); to charge (a price); to accept (e.g. orders); to receive
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
covering; protection; backing; relief
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
to shake off; to throw off