to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
burst (tire, pipe, etc.); rupture; blowout; burst (radiation, signal, etc.)
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
scrubbing grime off (the skin); cloth, sponge, etc. used to remove grime from the skin
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
as expected; as predicted
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
hundred-yen store; 100 yen shop
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
the whole face; (wearing an expression) all over one's face
cheerfully; joyously; joyfully; happily; lightheartedly; excitedly
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to increase; to add to; to augment
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
invitation; introduction; temptation
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again