bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunately that ...
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
to die; to lay down life's burden
speech; expression; wording; language
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to crawl out of; to creep out of
gossip; corner of the mouth
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
at the point of death; almost dead; about to die; at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)
to crack; to develop a crack
to have an uneasy conscience
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
(someone else's) daughter
change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment