declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
cherry blossom (colour, color)
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
of course; certainly; naturally
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to get thin; to taper off
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to take over; to hand over
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame; gathering; collecting; coming together
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
old age; old person; the old; the aged
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
how can (one) do something
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack