according to plan; as planned; on target
hemoptysis; coughing up blood; lung hemorrhage (haemorrhage)
delay; putting off; procrastination
great mountain; large mountain
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
one's next oldest sister; second elder sister
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
birds and wild animals; wildlife
primeval forest; virgin forest
mountain climbing; mountaineering
samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); being reborn; reincarnation
to be relieved of one's post
promotion; raising of status
excessive bleeding; massive bleeding
to betray a secret; to reveal a secret
hierarchy based on age; custom of elders first
to open (one's eyes) wide
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
to boil; to bring to a boil
greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you; there is always a bigger fish
to talk together; to chat together
apt to do; liable to do; tend to do; prone to do
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
lady's pin money (pocket money); payment to a cosmetician; cosmetic material; dowry (Edo period)
(arch.) short roughly woven fence; divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.
to be away from home; to be out of the house
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
lower portion; base surface; soffit
to strike dead; to beat to death
equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split
cache; place to hide something