to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
strength training; resistance training; muscle-building
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
brilliant; bright; dazzling
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
... years old; age (of) ...
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
rice field on flat land; unterraced paddy
beginning; opening; start; outset
karōshi; death from overwork
temple; shrine; sanctuary
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity