cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
unskilled; incompetent; poor; bad
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
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)
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
decline and fall; ruin; downfall; collapse
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
phantom; vision; illusion
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
granulation; granulation tissue; proud flesh; bulbil
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
whereabout; about where; how much
stroke (of a racket, in swimming, etc.)
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
restaurant with only set meals
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
pomegranate (Punica granatum)
an assortment; combination