severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
four characters; four letters
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
utmost limits; extremity; limit
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
twice; again; second time
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
inner thigh; (walking) pigeon-toed; one's toes turned inward; uchimata (judo); throwing an opponent by putting one's leg between their legs
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague