drama; play; powerful drug
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to summon courage; to be brave
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
all right (e.g. when guiding a driver); keep coming; OK
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to accept; to receive; to agree
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
interference; intervention; meddling
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to be postponed; to be deferred; to be delayed
otherwise; if not; or else
to lose one's resolve; to have one's resolution waver
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to establish an emotional bond with; to reach out to; to relate to
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo)
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
to coil around (of a child or animal); to grab (usu. out of playfulness or affection); to cling