to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
offering of the year's new rice harvest (imperial festival, October 17)
to take a breath; to take a short rest
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
traditional festival on Iriomote Island (southern Okinawa)
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
now that; since; so long as; because
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
very likely; very probable
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air