cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); (lit.) to bite one's navel
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
to laugh away; to laugh off
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to devour greedily; to wolf down; to gobble up
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
to be perturbed; to be agitated
literature; books (reference); document
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to crumble away; to collapse
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
without leaving any trace
one's habitual behaviour (behavior)
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors
to put in; to place inside; to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed; to be in high spirits; to be excited
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)