center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
sad face; sorrowful face; anxious look; sad countenance
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
first Bon Festival following the death of a family member
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
plaster; wall clay; wall mud
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
sudden shower; sudden downpour
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
article; clause; stipulation
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
becoming worn or soiled with handling; being old-fashioned
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows