to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to have a reason; to have an excuse
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
surrounding at a distance
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to mark the end; to spell the end