to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
impertinent; impudent; cheeky
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
critic; reviewer; commentator
column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box
specialist journal; specialized magazine; specialised magazine
severely (criticize, run down, etc.); terribly; harshly; unable to differentiate the good from the bad; (valuable and worthless things) treated the same
management; administration; operation
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along a surface; being slippery
to live; to make a living; to get on with
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
unexpectedly; by chance; by accident
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to eagerly look forward to
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
furious facial expression
theatre-going; theater-going
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
health; healthy; sound; fit
physical condition; state of health; shape
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to be reduced to tears; to end up crying (e.g. after humiliation)
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around