thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
great swordsman; master fencer
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
to strangle; to constrict
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
illegal residence (in a country); illegal stay; illegal overstaying (of a visa)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
urethral opening; urinary meatus
beyond imagination; unimaginable
to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
close to the wall; alongside the wall
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
syringe; hypodermic needle; injector
official announcement; proclamation