to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to become settled; to be fixed
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
room detached from main house
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
tanuki drumming on their stomachs
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
breaking off; snapping off
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
breath; breathing; tone; mood
cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship); (lit.) dogs and monkeys
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?