to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
myself; yourself; I; me; you
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
snake; serpent; large snake
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
how; in what way; by what means
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
I see; that's right; indeed
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
so; like this; in this way
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
self-consciousness; self-awareness
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to hate; to dislike; to loathe