thicket; coppice; brushwood
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
as you see; as you can see
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
curse; spell; malediction
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
road approaching a shrine
persecution complex; paranoia
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
joint together; opposite; facing
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
beyond one's means or position
rapid development; rapid unfolding
ideally; if one were to wish for more
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to pass (of time); to elapse
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...