to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
this (very thing); this precisely
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
kenpō practitioner; martial artist (esp. of hand-to-hand combat)
to cut; to slit; to slash
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
slowly and quietly; stealthily
nine parts; ninety percent; mostly; nine percent
having an ancient and honorable origin; of good lineage; of noble birth
irrational (line of) argument
what minute; how many minutes
success or failure; outcome; result
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
necessary condition; requirement
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
like this; this sort; this way
carefree; free from worry
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
again and again; repeatedly
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
destruction; ruin; nirvana; cessation (of earthly desires); dying (from overwhelming emotion); being overwhelmed (by something)
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick