gradually; by degrees; the sight of a tall soaring rock; crying; weeping
because; as; since; so; due to
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
criticism; critique; review; commentary
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
one's view of life; attitude toward life; outlook
stylish; smart; (hair) dressed in a Western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
considerably; greatly; a lot
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to hurry; to rush; to quicken (of one's breath); to pant; to gasp (for air)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
defense of one's country; defence of one's country
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
at first; initially; in the beginning
to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
observation; survey; watching
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
imagination; supposition; guess
chain; series; connection; linkage
outside world; physical world