(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
partly open; in half bloom
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
limp; listless; enervated; flaccid; wilting; soft
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
runs batted in; RBI; position of a ball when struck (e.g. in tennis, volleyball)
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
fragment; one of the group or party
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
central black dot on a go board; Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15)
to wring the neck; to strangle
ptoo (i.e. spitting sound); ptew; ptooey
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
female vampire; vampiress
to be infected; to be contagious
two times; twice; two degrees
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression