to do (a person) good; to bring profit
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to satisfy one's appetite
interval between the waves; gap between waves
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
column of water; water column
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
living thing; organism; creature; biology
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
even if not; even without
detached; aloof; indifferent
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
frequency (of occurrence)