to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
staying the night; lodging (at)
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
exception; exclusion; to omit; to disallow (e.g. in a sport after a rule is broken); to reject (e.g. faulty product)
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
the whole area; all areas
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
back street; back alley; off-street
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
self-torturing; masochistic