(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
world; society; people; the public
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
good feeling; feeling good
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through
boy; son; baby boy; young man
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to be prolonged; to drag on
to become better; to improve
this is why; this means; it is the case that
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
scale; scope; plan; structure
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom