distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
aftertaste; later (in line or in turn, etc.)
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
other than; excluding; without
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
naked eye; the physical eye
to crouch; to squat; to cower
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
place to go; place one can go
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes
(how) many times; (how) often
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
mistress; lover; prostitute
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
dark; gloomy; black; doleful; discouraged; disappointed
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life
young tuna (esp. northern bluefin tuna under 1 meter)
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
this or that person; anybody; many people
to cut off (a relationship)
how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
elopement; running away with a lover