hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
rational; reasonable; logical
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
the following week; the next week
to be talked about behind one's back
everything; anything; nothing
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
anything and everything; just about everything
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
of all things (days, etc.)
to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)