stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to resound (echo) far and wide
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
ash; embers; complete destruction
just one person; only one
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
release; emission; ejection
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
one's nature or personality; inherent; innate
peace conference; peace negotiations
progress; being under way
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy
girl's lacquered wooden clogs
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
one's own work; making by oneself
one or two; a few; small number
stealthy steps; soft steps
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
increasing daily; increasing day by day; foodstuffs left out for many days
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to collapse into; to flop onto