to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
long time; long interval; for quite some time
rain and wind; driving rain
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
left side; left-hand side
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
flag; tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival)
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
fall; drop; descent; coming down
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
body; physical system; (the) person
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
waste of time; killing time
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely