lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
I have nothing to do with it
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
pearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
good; goodness; right; virtue
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
district; section; sector
superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin; extra-fine woollen yarn
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
abdomen; stomach; lower parts; under parts
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
inner thigh; (walking) pigeon-toed; one's toes turned inward; uchimata (judo); throwing an opponent by putting one's leg between their legs
to creep about; to crawl around
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight