to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
imagination; supposition; guess
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
special; particular; peculiar; unique
group; party; team; squad; section
hard struggle; strenuous effort
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
drunkard; heavy drinker; boozer
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
point of an argument; drift of an argument
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind