valid; effective; yuko (judo)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
to break down due to overwork; to try so hard that the situation gets worse
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
demon of ill health; disease
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
unrequited love; one-sided love
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
sour look; surly face; pout
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
integration (e.g. social); mixing; penetration
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
unexpectedly; surprisingly
first storm of spring; strong winds during the change from winter to spring
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to rant and rave; to raise hell
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)