rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
meaning; significance; sense
unexploded ordnance; unexploded shell; unexploded bomb; UXO
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
right under; directly below
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to pierce through; to break through
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly