to go on the defensive; to play it safe
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
extensive knowledge; erudition
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
parting; separation; farewell
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
funeral; burial; condolence
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
finished product; finished goods; completed article
change of mind; inconstancy; apostasy
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
exactly as stated; verbatim
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
to break down due to overwork; to try so hard that the situation gets worse
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
together; mutually; fellow
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
reserve corps; flying squadron