interest; appeal; attraction; fun
doing whatever one pleases
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to jar; to creak; to grate
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
to be smeared; to be covered
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to lose sight of; to miss
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
way of solving (a problem); solution
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to hide; to keep to oneself
forcibly; against one's will
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
while; even though; despite
as far as the eye can see
level ground; horizon; field of view
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom