lacking a plan; haphazard
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
in the morning; during the morning
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
something (equipped) with legs; sole of foot; one's manner of walking
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
build; physique; frame; constitution
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to feel comforted; to be in good spirits; to feel better; to trifle with; to fool around with
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
(political) power; authority; influence
cutting (cloth, paper, etc.); judgement; judgment; decision
freezing weather; cold weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
stern; grave; solemn; sobersided
chief nurse (in the army)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
bedridden; confined to bed