second grade; second step; second act (in jōruri, noh, kabuki, etc.); third highest division; makushita division
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
passing through; through passage
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
to be erected; to be built
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
irrigation water; water for fire; city water; cistern water
river; stream; River; the ... river
quantity or volume of water
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
choices; alternatives; options
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to crawl out of; to creep out of
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue