escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
woman; female; feminine gender
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
difficult to ...; hard to ...
ago; since; before; previous
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
to repeat; to do something over again
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to smear with blood; to kill
to be surprised; to be astonished
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition