to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
not understanding; not knowing
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
sound of something falling
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
freely; right and left; as one pleases
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
doing whatever one pleases
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
thickly; stickily; viscously
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
acid; sourness; sour taste
to be at a loss how to continue; to become disheartened
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to awake from one's sleep
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
great mountain; large mountain
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation