prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
personal feelings; self-interest
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to give; to do (something) for
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
abnormal phenomenon; anomaly
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
loitering on the way; wayside grass