strangulation; strangling
alteration; falsification; faking
even though; despite; when
external pressure; outside pressure; foreign pressure
take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you
to walk away; to saunter off
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
item; something that one "just has to have"
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)
to get misty; to be covered in mist
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
business ability; business acumen
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
Buddhist memorial service
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
family structure; family composition; family makeup
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception