insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to brush off; to shake off
courteous; decorous; polite
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
responsibility; duty; obligation
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
absence; disregard; indifference
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
ohajiki; traditional Japanese children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces made of coloured glass or plastic
in the end; on top of that
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to feel depressed; to be down
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
good feeling; feeling good