slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
ostentation; show; affectation
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
mockery; derision; ridicule
(arch.) registered domicile in the family register; being under the control of a local authority
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
individualist; egoist; selfish person
selflessness; being unselfish
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
battlecry; cheer; cry where one breathes in a large volume of air and then releases it suddenly in a loud cry; rushing at the enemy
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
earthenware baking pan; parching pan; form of punishment in which a person is forced to walk on an oiled pipe over a charcoal fire (ancient China)
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric); creases in an eboshi hat
negative emotions; negative feelings