to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
printed characters (as opposed to Braille)
certainly; surely; definitely
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
ten (long cylindrical things)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to push aside; to push one's way through
innumerable; countless; numberless
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
inside; interior; inner part
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to jar; to creak; to grate
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
this world; this life; world of the living
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
consequently; as a result
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself