brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
grinding; polishing; refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.); applying oneself (to study); disciplining oneself
decoration; ornament; trimmings
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
area; region; district; locality
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to happen to hear; to overhear
to watch steadily; to stare
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
it is I who should say so
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
for this very reason; that is exactly why
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
at work; in the midst of work; working
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing