bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
reproachful; hateful; bitter
for example; for instance; e.g.
offender; criminal; culprit
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
to be overcome with emotion
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
murder; homicide; manslaughter
incident; affair; happening; event
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
gurgling; burbling; bubbling; sound of water mixing with air (e.g. water welling up, pouring water, drain pipe, gushing forth)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice
worthless (of a person); somebody who wouldn't be missed if they died
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees