reigning; controlling; dictating
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
accumulation; accumulate; store
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to live; to make a living; to get on with
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to state; to express; to mention
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to talk to oneself; to mutter
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
half and half; fifty-fifty
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica)
to bear fruit; to produce fruit
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus)
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
to change; to shift; to come and go
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to stiffen; to become stiff
wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging; wall-mounted
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
attendance (at school); going to school