to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
extensions on the top and bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
source (e.g. quotation); authority
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
infancy; childhood; tender age
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
what's what; heads or tails
flourishing; teeming with culture; aromatic; emitting an aroma
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
sense of touch; tactile; tactual; hair style with long bangs
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
standing; reserve; always having ready
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
carrying a person in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry
right angle; perpendicular
regulation; adjustment; control
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)