burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to mix; to stir; to blend
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
since one was born; (in) all one's life
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
postponement; deferment; adjournment
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
willpower; energy; vitality
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
without cause; without reason
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to declare confidently; to declare proudly; to declare dramatically; to strike a pose (for dramatic effect)