to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
power supply; power distribution
to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
at work; in the midst of work; working
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
submersion; inundation; being flooded
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
muddy water; red-light district
splash of mud; mud spatter
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
transparency; degree of clearness
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
rational; reasonable; logical
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
the way one works; one's working manner
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
falling over; toppling sideways
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
without gaps; closely packed; always; usually; often; frequently
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)