hygiene; sanitation; health
to rant and rave; to raise hell
backwater; (arch.) standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.)
composite; combined; complex
rouge (esp. lip rouge); lipstick
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
regaining the lead; turning the tables (again); second reversal
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
entering Nirvana; death (of Buddha, high priest, saint, etc.)
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
three people on the same vehicle (usu. bike)
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
study; pursuit of knowledge
enterprise; business; company; corporation
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats
piercing (cold); biting (wind)
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.); interior design
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
line symmetry; reflection symmetry; axial symmetry