pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
automatic; intransitive verb
sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to name; to take a second name or alias; to announce; to boast; to declare
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
flag (esp. originally a flagpole-topping streamer made of feathers)
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
even though; despite; notwithstanding
one (thing); one piece; one item
fortress; stronghold; citadel
this (very thing); this precisely
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new