perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take as a lesson
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women; BL; bill of lading; BL; brushless
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
out of bounds; beyond the pale
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
cesspool; sink; manure sink
to be slippery; to be slimy; (arch.) to behave charmingly; (arch.) to walk merrily
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
freedom; free man; free woman
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker