to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly
long ago; already; a long time ago
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
something going right into or coming right out of a place where it fits snugly
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
to drink up; to drain (cup)
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow; miracle-working water; water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to dent; to indent; to depress; to humiliate
rematch (after an earlier loss)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
mask; disguise; guise; mask
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate