to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
pick; plectrum; ice pick; pickaxe; pick (of an ice axe); pick (tool for picking a lock)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
devil; evil spirit; genie
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
to dump (a load of something); to throw from a height; to throw downwards
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to pierce through; to break through
jewel; precious stone; gem
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
container; receptacle; utensil; implement; calibre; talent
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm