resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
giant star; great person; giant; superstar
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to return (to the original state); to revert (to); to restore (to); to take revenge on
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
successive generations; successive emperors
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
small; fine; detailed; stingy
feedback (on a product, person's performance, etc.); feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
on board a ship; aboard a ship
cease-fire; truce; armistice
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish