life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
throw; throwing; throwing event
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to jump at; to be attracted by
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to devour greedily; to wolf down; to gobble up
to blow out; to spout out
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
to be perturbed; to be agitated
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
curse; spell; malediction
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
literature; books (reference); document
study; diligence; discount; reduction
considerably; fairly; quite
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
that is to say; so that means
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris