veneer board; plywood; joint publication
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
to be a matter of life or death
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
step; stride; counter for steps
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to be transparent; to show through
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
sense of touch; tactile; tactual; hair style with long bangs
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
spirit world; underworld; the next world
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
third stage; three stages
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to wash away; to rinse off
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
outline; summary; gist; basic points
to talk to oneself; to mutter
weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness