endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
electricity; (electric) light
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
posture; position; stance
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infix
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
jumping the gun; premature action; omen; portent; first produce of the season (vegetables, fish, etc.); herald; runner sent ahead to announce one's lord's arrival (Muromachi and Edo periods)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees