to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
one's characteristics as a writer; characteristics of a creator
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
transmission; propagation; spread
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
loud sound; loud reverberation
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
according to plan; as planned; on target
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped); small bucket used while bathing
to throw into; to dump in together
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion