eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
with a clink; with a soft thud; with a faint snap (e.g. of a book closing); suddenly; all of a sudden
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
gossip; corner of the mouth
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)
initial value; initial condition; IV; initializing value; default value
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish