to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
healthy; sound; wholesome
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
Japanese bush warbler; (lit.) messenger of spring
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis); eastern turtle dove; rufous turtledove
Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis); eastern turtle dove; rufous turtledove
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy