four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
rottenness; decay; corruption
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
(enter into, be in) a state of war
destruction; annihilation; extermination
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to figure out; to get an idea
paste; glue; clothing starch
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
solid (body); solid matter; solid-state
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
like water; like it grows on trees
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
being filled with; being full of; permeation
rising; ascending; climbing
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)