tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
otherwise; or else; if not
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to rock; to shake; to swing
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
underground; subterranean
to be in danger of; to be liable to
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
stepwise; one step at a time
to turn against; to become an enemy
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
something white; snow; gray hair; grey hair
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to move forward; to move on
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
scale; scope; plan; structure
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
innumerable; countless; numberless
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve