to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
flight; desertion; escape
convenient; handy; useful
to be prolonged; to drag on
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
to be able to manage somehow or another
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to think (something) strange
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to temper thoroughly; to train well
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to stay (at); to stop (at)