gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
difference in social standing; difference in social position
falling in love; attachment
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to say; to be called; to do
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
questionable; doubtful; suspicious
killing time; staving off boredom
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
treating someone like a child
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix