to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
reproachful; hateful; bitter
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
function; facility; faculty; feature
naughty; mischievous; unruly
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
whatever the case; under any circumstances
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
portrait; likeness; picture
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
the original; original copy; script
every place; various places
each prefecture; all prefectures
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
squint eye; cross-eye; strabismus
locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to provide; to arrange; to install
(arch.) wild boar; infant wild boar; pig
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury