overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
weird; odd; bizarre; curious
to give directions; to issue instructions
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
beyond that point; after that
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
sympathy; compassion; pity
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
courier; smuggler; carrier (e.g. of illegal drugs); trafficker
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps; stet (proofreading)
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
silence (not speaking); muteness
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
to sit; to squat; to be implicated