munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
to put someone to work; to make someone work
to make a name for oneself; to achieve success
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
trivial; not amounting to much
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
contrived; false-sounding
polite; respectful; reverent
to hold (something) reverently with both hands
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
genuine article; real thing; real deal
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
orpiment (yellow mineral, or the pigment derived from it); gamboge (tree resin, or the dull yellow pigment derived from it); falsification; alteration
a push; another effort; one more effort
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
an issue being settled; a case being closed
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
came here; coming here; recently
to be overcome with emotion