ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
preference; priority; precedence
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
the other day; lately; recently
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)
Noguchi Hideyo (1876-1928)
reputation; respectability
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
friend request (e.g. on a social network)
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
white horse; unrefined sake
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
base (military, expedition, etc.)
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
good piece of work; honourable mention (honorable)
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
apt to (do); liable to; prone to