shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
task force; response team; squad; unit
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
form; method; system; formula
opening and shutting; opening and closing
cosmos; common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
on the way home from work; returning from work
blouson; jacket gathered at the waist
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
past forty; following right course
listings magazine; (lit.) information magazine
editor (in publishing, etc.)
for work; in a manner related to work
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
rouge (esp. lip rouge); lipstick
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
basic resident register network system; national online citizen ID number system; Juki Net
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
husband and wife; married couple
biological child; one's own child
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
to escape death; to be saved from death
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable