dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
order; command; directions; instructions
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
proposal; proposition; suggestion
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to rock; to shake; to swing
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
division; section; classification; sorting; division
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
dreamy state of mind; ecstasy; trance
talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
spot; point; place; position
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
to be annoyed; to be inconvenienced
to rain incessantly; to downpour
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
aspect; phase; condition; modality
with a bang (of a gun); with a boom (of artillery); with a thud; with a thump
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
contradiction; inconsistency