mental; spiritual; emotional
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
so slight as to be all but non-existent
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
complete change; about-face
ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
animal or carnal desires; lust
to show; to bare (the teeth)
sunlight; rays of the Sun
mottled pattern; patchy pattern
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
vulgar; mean; base; coarse; crude
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce