falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
weakening; emaciation; decline
gusher; spout; outpouring; effusion; torrent
attenuation; damping; decay
sheathing a sword; returning a sword to its scabbard
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
to jump up and down; to hop
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
two-top (soccer formation); formation with two forwards at the front line
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
I see; that's right; indeed
to set on end (hair, fur, etc.); to make stand on end; to bristle; to ruffle (up); to raise (one's eyebrows)
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to be superior (to); to surpass; to outdo
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
like this; this sort; this way
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to be mutually bitter; to argue together; to quarrel; to resent and bemoan
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in