to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
to collapse; to flop (onto)
farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow; miracle-working water; water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
naturally; of course; understandably
and yet; despite (all) that
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to