to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to harvest all of (a crop); to reap completely; to finish cutting (e.g. weeds); to taper (hair) at the back; to cut hair so that it gradually gets shorter at the back of the head
(a person's) appearance; looks
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
January; first month of the lunar calendar
10th day of the month; ten days
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
other; another; over; more than; I; me
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
utmost limits; extremity; limit
this, that and the other; this and that
to say no more; to sink into silence
prudence; discretion; thought; consideration
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to cultivate a better understanding
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
carelessness; clumsiness; blunder; mistake; being no good at drinking and entertaining
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
the same place; that place
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
subtracting points; deducting points; points deducted
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post