to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
family; relatives; dependents; household
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to increase; to add to; to augment
confusion; distraction; derangement
craving; longing; thirsting
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
every evening; night after night
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
ornamental ridge-end tile
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
death from cold; freezing to death
remains; corpse; (dead) body
every year; yearly; annually
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
ancestor; forefather; foremother
leader; central personage
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
split; division; break up
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
one's last moment; one's death; one's end