to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
refutation; rebuttal; retort
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
pride; dignity; self-respect
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
many; much; plenty; hardly
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
metre; meter; meter; gauge
staying in the air; remaining airborne
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
(very) back (last) row; rearmost row
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
drop (e.g. of water); drip
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
living thing; organism; creature; biology
calamity; disaster; accident
to become empty; to be emptied
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to get thin; to taper off