lax; lenient; lukewarm; slow; sluggish
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
precision equipment; delicate equipment
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
upper floor (of a building)
possession; occupation; occupancy
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
successor; replacement; second wife
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to get used to living (in); to live (somewhere) for a long time
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
someone else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
dignified; austere; imposing
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
consecutive; continuous; successive
pillar of fire; blazing column
outbreak of war; starting a war
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation
destination (one is heading towards); goal
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed