reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
stifled (laughter); simmering
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha
on countless occasions; many a time
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
to make merry; to be festive
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
meaningless; insignificance
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
profound; deep; unfathomable; esoteric
fate; destiny; predestination
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
this world; this life; world of the living
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
last days; the end; one's fate
shoji (paper sliding door)
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
spattering; splotching; step-by-step; little-by-little; soon; clicking; clacking
subject; title; subject (of an email); subject line