or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
back off!; leave me alone!
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
meteor; shooting star; falling star
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
trivial; not amounting to much
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
will not do; do not; does not
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
you (plural); all of you; you all
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
qualifications; requirements; capabilities