suffering; distress; hardship; trial
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering; striding
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
self-; from (a time or place)
cesspool; sink; manure sink
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
trunk; torso; body; body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)
to run through; to run past
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
roar; cry (esp. of triumph); battle cry; screech (of a bird); scream; yawp
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)