scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
absorption; suction; attraction
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry
makruk; Thai game similar to chess
origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
going through; going via; going by way of
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
different view; alternative theory; dissenting view
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
war; fighting; fierce competition
creating a statue (esp. a Buddhist statue)
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
right behind; just behind; directly behind
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
closing time; lockup; curfew
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to throw at; to turn; to raise
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
having not the slightest idea
comparatively; relatively
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living