insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
handsome man; actor in a love scene
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
true character; real nature
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
protracted war; war of attrition
continuation; succession; series
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to bear fruit; to take effect
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to make sense; to be meaningful
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
to fall on one's backside
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
immediately carrying out (a plan)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to become clear; to be made public
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to freeze; to refrigerate
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible