to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
wavy form; ripply shape; waveform
interference; intervention; meddling
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
showman; impresario; promoter; producer
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
to be nearing death; to be dying
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
fine weather; fair weather
mountain stream; mountain torrent
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
dry riverbed; river beach
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness; negligence
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
without thinking of the consequences
to get someone to say; to make someone say
one life; one's life; one order; one command
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite