present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
single word; a few words; brief comment
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
in comparison to; rather than
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
to fall ill; to be taken ill
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
(the condition of) one's health
maintenance; preservation; improvement
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to overflow from something full
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)