in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
to grimace; to make a wry face
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to bring someone to grief; to give someone hell
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
of course; certainly; naturally
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about