principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
madness; craziness; insanity
absent-mindedness; stupor; being stunned (e.g. by the news); devastation; fainting
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
situation of one's own doing
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
musclehead; person obsessed with building muscle
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation; UV radiation
quarrel; dispute; argument
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
to clear up; to become cloudless
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
sour look; surly face; pout
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front