to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to stay calm; to keep cool
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
duty; obligation; responsibility
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
respect and affection; love and respect
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
deep affection; devotion; profound attachment
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
the very image of health itself; picture of health
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner