deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
chicken grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum); threeline grunt
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
digging into (e.g. one's skin); cutting into; inroads (e.g. into a market); encroachment (e.g. on territory); deficit; loss
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
cease-fire; truce; armistice
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance