payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
to crawl towards; to creep up to
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
regulation; adjustment; control
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to attack; to assault; to assail
treating someone like a child
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to spin vigorously; to wave around (e.g. sword, bat)
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
still; even now; to this day
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
individual; one by one; separate; each
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
audience; attendance; hearers
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide