to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
amount of money; sum of money
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
special price; bargain price
to take a breath; to take a short rest
fixed date; appointed day
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
insertion; incorporation; infixing
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to chant (repeat) the name of Buddha
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
personification; impersonation; embodiment
some people; a few people; several people
intelligence quotient; IQ
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker