book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
lightly; easily; carelessly
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
wastewater; waste water; liquid waste; black water
birth control; bus conversion (to campervan)
body; body blow (in boxing)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to lean against; to set against
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
is something that; is that which
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
ability; performance; efficiency
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance