dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to have meaning; to be meaningful
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
to slip out (of words, remarks, etc.); to pour from one's lips; to blurt out
gasping; breathing heavily
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted; to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall
infant; baby; little child
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to become clear; to be made public
to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out
relaxation; recreation; recess
funny story; funny anecdote
to solicit; to demand; to extort
to overcome (a difficulty)
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
fit; attack; spasm; ictus; paroxysm; seizure
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
diagnosis; medical examination