book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
fainting; losing consciousness; passing out; syncope
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
to be too late; to be too slow
prefectural police (Osaka or Kyoto)
backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
serves you right!; see what happens!
hijacking of Japan Air Lines Flight 472 (1977)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
group; party; team; squad; section
high-pressure gas; compressed gas; aerosol; propellant
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
to underrate; to make light of
within; inside of; less than
order (for goods or services); order (sequence); order (of magnitude); order
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly