water vapour; water vapor; steam
column of water; water column
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to wring the neck; to strangle
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to shave off; to scrape off
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
and; thereupon; because of that
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
binoculars; field glasses
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
all times and places; all ages and countries
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
matter of time; question of time
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to be settled; to be brought to an end
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
precarious situation; precarious state
defense; defence; protecting; preventing
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope