Sarukanigassen (folktale); The Monkey and the Crab
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
third day of the month; three days
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
use; utilization; utilisation; application
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
massing (of troops); gathering
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
sobriety; soberness; sober face
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
just a minute; small quantity
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
alone; by oneself; on one's own
plural; multiple; several
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to increase (all the more)
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK