to stop walking; to pause
brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
warp; curvature; curve; arch
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
outline; summary; gist; basic points
stern; grave; solemn; sobersided
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
wives and tatami mats are best when new
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
various places; several sources
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
from where one sits; while sitting by
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
from the beginning; from scratch
to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit