pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
until now; so far; up to the present
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
all present; all concerned; all of us
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
of course; certainly; naturally
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
great difference; major mistake
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
in comparison to; rather than
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to strangle; to constrict
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)