to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
deed; act; work; performance
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
composite; combined; complex
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
coagulation; freezing; solidification
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
first generation; founder
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
increment; addition; (amount of) increase
action; operation; effect; function
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
commandant; commanding officer; general
deep-seated grudge; hatred
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)