particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to be impressed; to greatly admire
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
crown; diadem; bottle cap
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
internal organ; viscera; gut
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
sound of bubbles (or other small objects) being popped; lumpy sensation (e.g. of food); little bits; small grains
in succession; one by one
to crack; to develop a crack
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot