easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; clitoris
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
runny nose; (watery) nasal mucus
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
to be frank; to open one's heart; to do truthfully; to break the bottom (e.g. of share price); to go below the bottom line
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
to take (someone) to task; to tell off severely; to give a good talking-to; to scold
temple dedicated to Kannon
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
hard-to-believe; unbelievable; incredible; fabulous
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
dreary; bleak; lonely; lonesome; desolate
Ōgai; Ōgai Mori (1862.2.17-1922.7.9; novelist, poet, translator and Army Surgeon general officer)