to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
street; quarter; district; area
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
food (esp. for a medical diet)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
exactly as stated; verbatim
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
sentiment; sentimentality
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to become settled; to be fixed
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
asking a question back (e.g. to an interviewer)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
self-centered; stuck on oneself