reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
unpredictability; element of surprise
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
having a crush on someone; flushing
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
marriage proposal; courtship
joy of being born a woman; good fortune of being born a woman
devotion; attachment; infatuation
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
don't push yourself too hard; don't force yourself
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
another; different; something else
magnetism; magnetic force
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
murder of one's master; murderer of his master
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
eardrum; tympanic membrane
extinction; annihilation; destruction
jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly
underground; subterranean
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle