ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
individual; one by one; separate; each
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
bristly beard; bristly mustache; tiger whiskers
to stiffen; to become stiff
drop (e.g. of water); drip
thickness; profundity; depth
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
along the way; along the road
to extend; to expand; to spread out
deep inside; innermost place
reaching; attaining; arrival
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
anxious (appearance); (appearing) uneasy; yearning (look, etc.); languishing; desiring
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
gasping; puffing; wheezing; asthma
overlapping; piling; stacking
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray