to oil (e.g. a frying pan); to grease
calm; composed; leisurely
locality; local area; limited area
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
rear left; back left; left and behind
child; offspring; issue; sperm; (one's) seed
to be pregnant; to be with child
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
as is habit; the way life normally is
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded