ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze); (arch.) honorific prefix referring to the listener; counter for buddhas
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
evergreen tree; conifer; pine and cypress; duty; constancy
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
wood chip; splinter; thin shingles
drearily; with desolation; with loneliness (esp. the rain and wind)
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
desperate measure; expedient of last resort
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
rule; reign; government; governing
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
wearing oneself out with work
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
giving a cold look; icy stare; taking a cold-hearted attitude
rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
failure; abortive (attempt, action)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
distress; wretched condition
entering the capital; entering Tokyo