to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to get help; to enlist aid
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
bolt from the blue; great surprise
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
torture to death; torment to death
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
armaments; military preparations
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
sixth day of the month; six days
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
plaintive; piteous; doleful
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
swaying (with large slow movements); shaking
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to stare back (at); to glare back
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
urgent report; urgent message
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often