useless; worthless; half-man (esp. upper body); (arch.) half day (e.g. when working)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
sense of unity; sense of oneness
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
rather; better; instead; if anything
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
the times; the world; society
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
like this; this sort; this way
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation; surge; explosion
tendency; trend; inclination
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
middle of the night; dead of night