painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
such; this sort of; like this
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
at least; at most; (even) just
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to strangle; to constrict
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
loveable; very likeable; like very much
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
silence (not speaking); muteness
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
uroboros; ouroboros (image of a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
dragon god; dragon king; naga
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that