hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
self-consciousness; self-awareness
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
to strangle; to constrict
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
again (and again); once again; yet again
cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed); cucumber makizushi
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
such; like that; that sort of; very
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
covered in mud; mud-caked
to speak unclearly; to speak inarticulately; to pronounce poorly; to slur one's words; to lisp
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
serious; not joking; straight
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
what kind of business; what sort of matter