ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
metre; meter; meter; gauge
high window; clerestory window
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
woman; female; feminine gender
to slide down; to slip down
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
column of water; water column
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to run about trying to escape
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
to rain incessantly; to downpour
coincident with; while; simultaneously
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
colonnade; row of columns
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
small number; few; minority
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
every place; various places
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
when it becomes; when it comes to