necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
adds force or indicates command
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
meaning; significance; sense
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
exchanging parts or equipment to effect a change in performance
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
function; facility; faculty; feature
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
be (that) as it may; having said that
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back