insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
intensive; concentrated; focused
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
blow; shock; strike; batting
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
sense of values; values; value system
slowness; inertness; inability; lack of talent; dullness
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
letter; missive; note; mail
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
in that manner; like that
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to pass (of time); to elapse
military forces; hosts; troops
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever