to distract oneself; to take one's mind off one's worries
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
to be overcome with emotion
rising; ascending; climbing
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
to blow out; to spout out
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
to fly around; to scatter
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
official business; public business
the way back; the way home; return trip
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
special training; intensive training; crash course
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
rest; break; recess; intermission
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to press against each other; to huddle together
valid; effective; yuko (judo)