giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to crack; to develop a crack
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
position; location; base; point; site
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
going to and fro; back and forth
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
tips of one's hair; hair ends
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
fair and square; open and aboveboard
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
without; but if; otherwise; or else
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes