(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
leather strap; thong; leash
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
main ingredients; chief materials
fee; charge; rate; material
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
flax (Linum usitatissimum); linseed
wildlife growth area; natural habitat
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
rational; reasonable; logical
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
billow; surge; large wave
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep