pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; loss of energy; depletion of stamina
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
10,000,000,000; ten billion
adopted daughter; foster daughter
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
receiving; acceptance; reception
hundred battles; many battles
high tension (as in electronics, etc.); excited; enthusiastic
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
destruction; collapse; crumbling
gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
fertile shoot of field horsetail
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
provisional; temporary; tentative
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.)
endurance; perseverance; patience
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
right angle; perpendicular
emergency alert; critical alert; emergency warning
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
way of talking; speaking style
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
to prostrate oneself before
oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person