to ask a question; to ask questions
thick glasses; (lit.) bottle bottom glasses
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
in the end; at the end of the day
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
a Buddha; deceased person
same generation; one's generation
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
surface; outward appearance; superficial; shallow
to check; to stop; to keep back
reproachful; hateful; bitter
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
shady; underhanded; questionable
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently