firm; strong; solid; stable
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
remains; corpse; (dead) body
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
to catch the eye; to attract attention
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
implantation (of an embryo)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to maintain; to continue to have
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
to harm; to cause harm to
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
failure; mistake; blunder
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them