to take a breath; to take a short rest
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
depending on; dependent on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
all-night vigil over a body; wake
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
originally; by nature; from the start
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
presumption; assumption; estimation
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
withered chrysanthemum in winter
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail); deadheading (e.g. train)
moving; changing residence; change of address
literary woman; talented woman
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
mood; sentiment; artistic effect
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)