particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
complete; whole; perfect; safe
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
to strike out; to start swimming
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
fertile; rich; productive
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
vitality; energy; dynamism
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
bitter liquid; (fig.) bitter experience
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
to die out; to become extinct
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle