to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
elasticity; resilience; flexibility; adaptability
staying at home (to prevent the spread of illness, etc.); self-quarantine; self-isolation; being on furlough; being temporarily laid off
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
second basement level; subbasement
brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to scrape off; to plane off
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
one-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
rest; relaxation; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
Holy City (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca)
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
urban area; urban district
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
holy tree; sacred tree; Christmas tree
reason; cause; history; origin