metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
diet; dieting; losing weight (through dieting, exercise, etc.)
ballast (for a ship, submarine, hot-air balloon, etc.); ballast (for the foundation of a road or railway track)
to dry up; to grow dry; to lose moisture
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
go away; leave; get lost; fuck off; scram
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
to try all possible means
inexcusable; unthinkable; unacceptable; utterly unexpected; totally unforeseen
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally
important point; point to check; point not to miss; checkpoint
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica); Asian royal fern; flowering fern
to be the worst of the worst; (lit.) to deserve to die ten thousand deaths
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
out of control; uncontrollable
Ochanomizu (Tokyo district); Ochanomizu (Kyogen play)
yellowish; tinged with yellow
to become loose; to slacken; to soften
bitter liquid; (fig.) bitter experience
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
a blooming cut flower; glorious death
unable to finish (on time, etc.); unbearable; intolerable; beyond endurance
levelling of ground (for construction); preparation of soil (for planting); rearranging stones (to simplify counting)
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
(having) life-and-death power (over)