to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
squad leader; group leader; team leader
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
same; similar; (just) like; equal
several years standing; over several years
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
stringlike; thready; linear; filamentous; filiform
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
in the end; on top of that
feel (of a material); texture
to rain incessantly; to downpour
black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else