forcefulness of speech; influential voice
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
preference; priority; precedence
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
scale; scope; plan; structure
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to drink up; to drain (cup)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to leave a dish half-eaten