maintenance; preservation; improvement
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to be conspicuous; to stand out
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
loop; shape of a hiragana "no"
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
to lose heart; to lose motivation
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
to be needed; to be wanted
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
family name; lineage; birth; clan
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending