speech; words; one's lines; remarks
name; given name; first name
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
to soar (esp. of spirits and gods)
(in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt
outline (of); introduction (to)
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
chin; jaw; gills; branchia
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
absorption; suction; attraction
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to burst open; to pop; to split
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to be discouraged; to shrink from
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)