slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
reality; actuality; hard fact
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
polite; courteous; hospitable
mud wall with a roof; roofed mud wall
extemporary; improvised; extemporaneous
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to die; to lay down life's burden
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
(medical) decoction; infusion
action; operation; effect; function
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
arrogant; haughty; insolent
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
to have medicine be effective
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to lay aside; to set aside