to quit one's job; to resign
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
development (of film); photographic processing
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
at first; in the beginning; originally
to be photographed; to be projected
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
Homer sometimes nods; (lit.) even Kōbō Daishi's handwriting contains mistakes
even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
jaws of death; dangerous place; (lit.) tiger's den