resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
story; tale; talk; discussion
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
good feeling; feeling good
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
practice; practising; training; study
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to cut off; to lop off; to prune