car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
fine day; clear day; formal occasion
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
main theater of war; principal battlefield
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
last week; the week before
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
to settle (in a place); to settle down
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
since then; from that time; ever since
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
fine weather; fair weather
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
to be smeared; to be covered
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation