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)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
willpower; energy; vitality
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
warning line; police cordon
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to relax; to take it easy
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
hard to get; hard to come by
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
long time; long interval; for quite some time
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to shed light; to cast light
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
while moving; on the move
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
raked gravel waves (in a rock garden); ripple mark
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to tumble down; to roll down
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
beginning; clue; starting point
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
organic matter; organic compound
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
jumble; hodgepodge; potpourri; heterogenous mixture
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like