drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to polish up; to shine up
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
plainly; clearly; vividly
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
secret art; the mysteries
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
cutting roots; extermination; rooting out
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
capable of anything; liable to do
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
youngest brother; last disciple
to annoy; to cause trouble
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
dreadnought class (of warship)
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
after the decimal point; below the decimal; of no account; beneath one's notice