chasing after women; womanizing
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
manure; night soil; dung; something that will help one develop in the future
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
occasional; infrequent; rare
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
to wash away; to rinse off
elegance; taste; refinement
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
to squeeze out; to wring out
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate