subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
advance; moving forward; progress
to collapse; to flop (onto)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
standard; set; routine; decided
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
at once; there and then; immediately
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
study; pursuit of knowledge
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
stirring; slight movement
death by suffocation; death by choking
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
victim; injured party; sufferer
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
someone else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
sympathy; compassion; pity
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
such; this sort of; like this
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times