absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
right in the center (centre)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
interruption; suspension; break
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
memory; ability to remember
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
source of information; intelligence source; message source
abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
agricultural community; farm village; rural