to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to surround; to crowd around
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
firm promise; definite promise
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen; tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)
brains (of an operation); advisor; brain trust; brain (organ)
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
on the occasion of; at the time of
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
the same rank; the same digit
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
palm heel; heel of the palm
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to defy conventional wisdom
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd