breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to complete decisively; to do to completion
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to rush back; to run back
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
opposite side; opposition
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
residing (esp. abroad); staying; living
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
preference; priority; precedence
northwestern part; the northwest
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
Nishi Hongan-ji (temple in Kyoto)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)