sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
suggestion; hint; implication
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
very small; tiny; insignificant
surface of the earth; ground surface
smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
exaltation; emotional uplift
hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
to remember; to keep in mind
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
boredom; ennui; tedium; discontent; unease
to comfort; to console; to amuse
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
detour; circumvention; turning movement
becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
attenuation; damping; decay
freely; right and left; as one pleases
time limit; time restriction
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
patriarch; head of a family