to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
resistance; opposition; obstruction; (electrical) insulating coating; insulating varnish
similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
price reduction; price cut; reduction in price; markdown
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to behave buggily (of software); to act up; to behave strangely
indescribable; having no way to express
to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
data processing; information processing
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who raised a matter
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to invite in; to show someone in
secret; private; surreptitious
to be true to nature; to be lifelike
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
to put to death (e.g. a sinner, traitor, etc.); to punish someone with death
Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan
about this time; about now
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to be muffled; to be mumbled; to be muttered
eardrum; tympanic membrane
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow