clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
sea of fire; sea of flame
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
to be consistent; to be coherent
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
Acala (Wisdom King); Acalanatha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
source (e.g. quotation); authority
mess; jumble; muddle; chaos
like water; like it grows on trees
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
unpredictability; element of surprise
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
having a crush on someone; flushing
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
marriage proposal; courtship
joy of being born a woman; good fortune of being born a woman
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
devotion; attachment; infatuation
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded