snake; serpent; large snake
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
big snake; (large) serpent
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
oracle; revelation; divine message
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
messenger; envoy; emissary
to draw near; to approach; to be imminent; to be impending; to be at hand
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
event; phenomenon; matter
albino Japanese rat snake
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
split; division; break up
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
back country; remote countryside
new graduate; recent graduate
how many years; how long; what year