suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
literally; to the letter; literal
here and there; in places
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
reading aloud; recitation
judgment; judgement; discernment
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
eruption; volcanic eruption
with a start; with a jump
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
conduct; behavior; behaviour
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
the scruff or nape of the neck
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence