fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to complain; to make a complaint
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
odds and ends; all; every
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
having said that; on the other hand
softly; mildly; gently; politely
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
to lie down; to throw oneself down
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
partly open; in half bloom
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
while; during (the time when)
even more; still more; further
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)