speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
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
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)
to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
as a child; when one was a child
how many years; how long; what year
several years; a few years
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to entrust; to leave to a person
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
second-hand shop; curio shop
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin