collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)
preface; foreword; introduction
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
interference; intervention; meddling
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
near; close; beside; third person
to flash; to be flashing; to be flashy
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
long (time); protracted; prolonged
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
absolute basics; very rudiments
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
just above; right overhead
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
accomplishment; execution
if it is the case that ...
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively