words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to compete with; to vie for
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
in the hospital; hospitalized
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to watch steadily; to stare
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
piece; fragment; one (object)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
a little bit; a little while
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)