extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; common usage; widespread use
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
to narrowly escape death; to have a narrow escape from death
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble
training; practice; drilling; honing (one's skills); cultivation (e.g. of knowledge); improvement
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
dark clouds; black clouds
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape
to disappear (gradually); to be vanishing; to fade away; to go out of sight; to die out
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
to explain carefully and slowly; to explain politely in simple terms; to spoon-feed
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
question of where responsibility lies; issue of where liability lies; question of who is responsible
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
transportation; conveyance; delivery; hospitalization; transfer to hospital
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
having absolutely nothing (left); being out of everything; absolutely nothing
medicine; medical science
trivial; not amounting to much
medical treatment; medical care
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
useless; vain; aimless; idle
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
diagnosis; medical examination