to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
justice; fairness; impartiality
another thing; exception; special case
in person; personally; directly
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
severely beaten up; thoroughly defeated; completely destroyed; severely damaged; battered; beat-up
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to be lacking in options; to be too few
newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer
difficult to ...; hard to ...
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
older brother and younger sister
to swallow one's tears; to choke back one's tears; to hold back one's disappointment; to suppress one's mortification
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old