life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
human; human-like; as a person
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
this for sure; certainly is
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
briars; thicket; the bush
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
external; superficial; outward; surface
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
leopard (Panthera pardus)
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
have to do; must; should; ought to
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
four-horse carriage; team of four horses
talking so fast that even a four-horse coach cannot catch up to the words
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
to rank next to; to come after
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
overcoming; conquering; surmounting; getting over
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out