practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
grudge; complaint; reproach
to die by drowning; to drown
desperately; recklessly; (rushing) headlong
with a start; with a jump
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
you could say that; that might be so
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
growth period; growing season
to blaze; to burn brightly
village headman; village mayor
observer; watchman; lifeguard
to nip (something) in the bud
long ago; previous; of a former age
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
acclimatization; naturalization; acclimation
to make one's own; to take possession of
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
vestments worn by priests and attendants (Shinto, Christian, etc.)
to be exhausted; to be worn out; to be done in