to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
tenacity; indomitableness; dauntlessness; inflexibility
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
treatment (of a person); dealing with
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
honor; honour; credit; prestige
loved one; lover; sweetheart
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
silence (not speaking); muteness
to step firmly; to harden by treading
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
in the end; on top of that
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate