parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
management; administration; operation
visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
in loud gulps (esp. of alcohol)
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
ominous place outside the human world; mysterious place where no human being lives; uninhabited area
thoroughly; completely; utterly; severely; harshly; terribly
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
another family; another house
generation; lifetime; age