deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
silence; stillness; quietness
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
last days; the end; one's fate
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to increase; to add to; to augment
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
beyond that point; after that
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
to bury; to embed; to implant
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to tower over the surroundings
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
image; figure; figure; form; image
carving; engraving; sculpture
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to go out and away; to leave
high laced shoes or boots
crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
tall and lean figure; tall and slender figure
short and stout; small but wide around
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife); double-edged blade
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible