goodness; excellence; virtue
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
charming; fascinating; attractive
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
lonely; dreary; desolate; few; scarce; sparse
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
specialization; specialisation
spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
Homer sometimes nods; (lit.) even Kōbō Daishi's handwriting contains mistakes
colored pencil; coloured pencil
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
explicit and implied comparisons (kinds of literary devices used in the Classic of Poetry); (arch.) interesting; (arch.) strange; (arch.) unreasonable; (arch.) unfavorable; (arch.) lowly
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
Korean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
do your best; go for it; hang in there; keep at it
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet
to let out a cry; to break forth
half-awake voice; sleepy voice; voice of when one has just woken up
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
(fish) climbing (swimming) up waterfall
to settle (in a place); to settle down
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; bull; beef