to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
"gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her
ten to one; nine cases out of ten
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
(distant) howling; backbiting
stridor; wheezing; noisy breathing
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware; Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
to force one's way; to push through
humus; leaf mold; leaf mould; mulch
torture to death; torment to death
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
high power; high power output; explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance
to roll up; to be rolled up
sharp sighted; easily awakened
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
running as fast as one can
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
covered in mud; mud-caked
sick; nauseated; angry; irritated
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
the reverse; other side; lining
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish