to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
excretion; discharge; excrement
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)