beginning; outset; first; onset
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
literally; to the letter; literal
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
breath; breathing; tone; mood
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
desperately; for one's dear life
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to drop; to let fall; to omit
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to rush over; to run up to
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
near; close; beside; third person
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication