clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
moribund state; near-death; barely alive condition
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to get late; to advance; to wear on
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
at once; immediately; right now
to pitch forward; to fall forward
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
departure; leaving; going away; recession
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
serves you right!; see what happens!
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
one by one; one after another; successively
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
penalty; sentence; punishment
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
thorough; exhaustive; complete