My words

絞る

to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk to rack (ones brains), to strain (ones voice) to extort, to exploit to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke to drill into, to train to narrow down (ones focus), to whittle down to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring) to stop down (lens) to turn down (e.g. radio) to bend (bow), to draw to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize to squeeze

伏せる

to lay something upside down, to turn something over, to lay something face down to cover, to lay (pipes), to lay (an ambush), to hide, to conceal

捻る

to twist to wrench to turn (a switch on or off etc) to wring (a neck) to puzzle over to defeat easily

砕く

to break, to smash

裏返す

to turn inside out to turn the other way to turn (something) over

剥く

to peel, to skin, to pare, to hull, to bare (e.g. fangs), to open wide (e.g. eyes)

刻む

to mince to cut fine to chop up to hash to shred to carve to engrave to chisel to notch to tick away (time) to record the passing moments to etch (into ones mind) to remember distinctly to have tattooed to torment

振り向く

to turn ones face, to turn around, to look over ones shoulder

合図

sign, signal

飛び込む

to jump in, to leap in, to plunge into, to dive to burst in, to barge in

しゃがむ

to squat to crouch

腰掛ける

to sit (down)

跳ねる

to jump, to leap, to prance, to spring up, to bound, to hop to break up, to close, to come to an end to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

這う

to creep, to crawl

駆ける

to run (race esp horse) to dash to gallop (ones horse) to canter to advance (against ones enemy)

跨る

to extend over, to extend into to straddle

潜る

to go under, to pass under, to go through, to pass through to dive (into or under the water) to evade, to get around, to slip past to survive, to surmount

殴る

to strike, to hit

抱きしめる

to hug someone close, to hold someone tight, to embrace closely

背負う

to be burdened with, to take responsibility for, to carry on back or shoulder to have (something) in the background, to be in front (of something)

担ぐ

to shoulder to carry on ones shoulder to take (someone) for a ride to deceive to take in

抱える

to hold or carry under or in the arms to have (esp problems debts etc) to employ to engage to hire

握り締める

to grasp tightly

揉む

to rub, to crumple to massage to argue, to have a heated discussion to train, to coach to jostle, to crowd, to shake, to rock to have various experiences (out in the world)

放る

to get free, to be freed, to be released

撫でる

to brush gently to stroke to caress

唸る

to groan, to moan to roar, to howl, to growl to hum (e.g. engine, wires in wind), to buzz, to sough, low, dull sound to ooh and aah (in admiration) to sing in a strong, low voice (esp. traditional chant or recitation)

微笑む

to smile

咥える

to hold in ones mouth

齧る

to chew, to bite (at), to gnaw, to nibble, to munch, to crunch, to have a smattering of to dabble in (e.g. hobby, instrument)