lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
eruption; volcanic eruption
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
quadruped; four-footed animal
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
residence; living (at, in); abode
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
shabby; unsightly; unkempt
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
after a long time; for the first time in a while
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
vista; background; perspective; distant view
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
deep inside; innermost place
enshrinement; installation (of an image)