water damage; flood disaster
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
forbidden move (sumo, shogi, go, etc.); prohibited move; foul
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
second; number two; runner-up
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to look away; to turn away
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
by sheer strength; by brute force
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
Wonderland (fictional locale created by author Lewis Carroll)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped