for this very reason; that is exactly why
miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful
various; many; all kinds of
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to knead well; to polish; to refine
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)
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
earth; ground; earthing; Earth
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
water outlet; tap; faucet
to drop; to let fall; to omit
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
remaining quantity; residual quantity
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
chance (of success); odds
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)