fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful
to exert oneself; to make efforts
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
trunk (of the body); soma
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
next; next person; (arch.) room adjoining a noble's parlor
to change completely; to change suddenly
gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
literally; to the letter; literal
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to (be able to) agree (with); to be able to accept; to find acceptable; to be convinced; to understand
for example; for instance; e.g.
slim waist; slender figure; willowy figure; waist of a willow tree
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic