faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to be conspicuous; to stand out
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
to look forward to something
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
just because; even if; even though
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher