mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
four characters; four letters
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
using every trick in the book; using every trick one knows; by one rouse or another; with careful coaxing; carefully (e.g. nursing a damaged vehicle)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
momentum; amount of exercise
random pounding (e.g. on a drum)
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
ventriloquism; throwing one's voice
dual personality; split personality
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
trapped with no way of escape; (lit.) rat in a bag
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
secret art; secret technique; mysteries (of an art)
meanwhile; in the meantime
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to get tired of seeing; to get tired of looking at
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; swallowing (a story); believing unquestioningly; accepting (a proposal, demand, etc.) unconditionally; accepting as-is
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly
to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)