to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
cushion to soften the blow; something that cushions the blow
suspension bridge; rope bridge
gathering to remember a dead person; memorial meeting
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
physical evidence; material evidence
to explain away; to answer evasively
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
look like; sound like; savor of; smack of
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
utmost limits; extremity; limit
crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
to call together; to convene
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink