difficult to ...; hard to ...
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
fundamental idea; basic concept
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
activation; invigoration; stimulation
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
things depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way
universal medicine; cure-all; panacea
to run about; to rush about
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
the hundredth year; out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope; rare chance; unusually good fortune
unlikely event; rare occurrence
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
euphoric face (from taking drugs)
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
tarantula (common name for large spiders); European wolf spider (Lycosa tarentula)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
Phillips head screwdriver
gold; gold coin; gold colour (color)
to compete; to bid; to sell at auction
(arch.) arm (esp. upper arm); counter used to measure the thickness of round objects
spare time; free time; leisure time
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)