binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
suitable temperature; right temperature; moderate temperature
to spend time (on doing something)
to badger; to pester; to beg
innocent (esp. of a girl); naive; virgin; maiden; young striped mullet
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
wet and glistening; slimy; slippery
feel (of a material); texture
to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips); to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge; to raise (e.g. one's voice)
with no effort at all; easily
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
like that; that way; thus
to lift; to turn over; to fold over
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
school swimsuit; regulation blue one-piece swimsuit worn by pupils in school-based swimming events
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
girls' or women's division or section
being the sole winner; beating everyone else; winner-take-all; mostly alone; mostly by oneself
strap (for carrying something); strap (on a dress, bra, etc.)
visual effect; visual effects (in filmmaking, etc.); VFX
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)
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
to be smeared; to be covered
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll