vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
to look away; to avert one's eyes
be (that) as it may; having said that
string bikini; g-string; thong
for today; for the time being
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
what time; (lit.) which hour
The Flying Dutchman (opera by Wagner, 1843)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to examine someone's expression
to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
real experience; actual observations
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
will not do; do not; does not
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
humble position; inferior; underarm grip on opponent's belt