barometer (instrument); measure (e.g. of one's health); indicator; index
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
great many; ever so many; any number; as few or as many (as you like); whether large or small
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
to be the first to speak; to break the silence; to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
force (bulldoze) one's way through
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
to be entwined; to be involved
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
research material; experimental material
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
one eye; one of one's eyes
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
reform; reformation; reorganization
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
as; because; with; due to
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
to begin; to set about; to start
threatening letter; intimidating letter