preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
deductive powers; reasoning capability; reasoning skill
worthy of special mention
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
sports ground; sports oval
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
retention; maintenance; preservation