spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
condensed milk; Soviet Union
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to lean (something) against; to set against; to prop up against
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
counter for chairs or seats
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
your body; your health; yourself; you
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
sitting upright (properly)
incoherent; vague; silly; foolish
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
entrance to a daimyo's mansion; glans (of the penis)
superb view; picturesque scenery
grand; formal; ceremonial; (feeling) awkward; self-conscious; embarrassed
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise