to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
jet; spray; injection; jet propulsion
home area; home town; local
witnessing; observing; sighting
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
neighbourhood; neighborhood
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
coquettish voice; flirtatious voice
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
thought; consideration; thinking
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time