drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
arm; skill; efforts; ability
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to speak through the nose; to nasalize
to be forward; to be impertinent
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to boost; to force up; to push up
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to repeat; to be frequent
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
gossip; corner of the mouth
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
moment by moment; hour by hour
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
exactly as stated; verbatim
without accident; uneventfully; without ...
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
prosperous; flourishing; thriving; muscular; brawny
to tower over the surroundings