hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
dried-out; dry (e.g. hair); stale (bread)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
power; motive power; three-phase electricity
training (animals); breaking (animals)
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
control; management (e.g. of a business)
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant
there; over there; that place; that far; that much; that point
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
will not do; do not; does not
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
stepping back; drawing back
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
self-control; self-restraint
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
long time; several hours; long spell
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to step over or across; to overcome
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet