to keep a promise; to keep one's word
click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae)
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
poorly made article; defective article; Gautama Buddha
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca); haj; hadj; haji
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
skin graft; skin transplant
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
considerably; greatly; a lot
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
in the prefecture; prefectural
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
one's own bowling ball; control of the ball by one's own team (esp. basketball)
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
colour; color; hue; tints
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to pitch forward; to fall forward