casting off; casting away
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
wooden board; woodblock; woodblock printing
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
emperor (of Japan); mikado
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
arbitrarily; of its own accord; without asking; voluntarily; willfully; as one pleases
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
silently (as the grave); quietly (as in death)
useless resistance; vain struggle
in any case; at all events; no matter how things turn out; whichever way it goes
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
moderate; proper; just right
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
natural disaster; cataclysm
fort; stronghold; fortification
fly (ball); fly (lure); fly (insect)
crack; crevice; split; opening of the vagina; slit
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking