link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
competing in earnest (esp. in sumo)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; moon; moonlight; katsura tree on the moon (in Chinese legends)
middle of the night; dead of night
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
meteor swarm; meteor shower
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
freely; right and left; as one pleases
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
on the sea; surface of the sea
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
relaxation; recreation; recess
to press a question; to cross-examine
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
last flight; last bus; last train
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
impossible; unlikely; improbable