portrait; likeness; picture
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
kitchen work; housework; scullion; servant who works in the kitchen (usu. female)
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
one after another; in rapid succession
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
one end; an end; part; fragment
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
to die by drowning; to drown
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
river surface; surface of a river
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar