opposition, rebellion, revolt...

spring (device)

to hit (e.g. with a car), to knock down, to reject...

provocation, stirring up, arousal...

plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.)...

(a) jump, splashes (usu. of mud), upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo)...

sound made by a plectrum

water repellency

Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back)

pick-guard (protective patch on a shamisen, etc.)

pick-guard (protective patch on a biwa, etc.)

engraving of lacquer-stained ivory (popular during the Tang dynasty)

oil repellency

bigeye tuna (edible fish, Thunnus obesus)

rejected goods

to splash, to splatter

pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

rejected goods, sorted-out goods, jettisoned cargo

nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i')

to reject, to repulse, to repel...

rebounding, recovery, repercussions...

to push aside, to thrust aside, to brush aside...

to flatly refuse, to reject, to spurn

water bucket suspended from a weighted rod

taking a cut (of someone else's money), taking a rake-off, pocketing a kickback...

to push aside, to thrust aside, to brush aside...

to push aside, to thrust aside, to brush aside...

to send (something) flying, to splatter, to drive (something) off

to flatly refuse, to reject, to spurn

to throw up (e.g. mud), to splash (up), to spatter...