to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
tool; implement; means; furniture
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
manufacturing equipment; production machine; maker
mechanism; organization; organisation
to be transparent; to show through
this world; this life; world of the living
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
embodiment; realization; materialization
electricity; (electric) light
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
making an attempt; trial run
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence