rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
diversion; putting something to another use
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
one grade; first-class; primary
performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
loss of fighting spirit; losing the will to fight
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
rule; reign; government; governing
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
strongest ever; most powerful in history
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to give a round of applause; to applaud
pride; dignity; self-worth
suffix for familiar person
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
desk for a speaker; lectern; rostrum; platform
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
to beat to death; to club to death; to kill
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
to reach; to get to; to arrive at