requisition; commandeering; conscription
to this extent; to this degree; this much
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
land route; overland route; by land; overland
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to be busy at work; to work diligently
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust someone's civility; to give up (on someone)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
fortifying; fortification
whether you like it or not; no matter what one may do; in any event; in any case; (lit.) whether you laugh or cry
another showing (of a play); playing the same role again (i.e. of an actor); recapitulation
to torture; to persecute; to excruciate
to give the stamp of approval
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
spilling; spill; leavings; leftovers
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
garbage disposal; refuse disposal; waste treatment
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
to become red; to redden; to blush
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
to have a relationship; to have relations
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.