background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
maple (Acer spp.); maple tree
disclosure; exposure; revelation
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
casting (of a play, film, etc.); cast
to be too late; to be too slow
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
finish; finishing; finishing touches
young girl; lass; adolescent female
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
sense of space; spaciousness
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
parts; accessories; components
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
election; selection; choice
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
thorough; exhaustive; complete
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
understanding person; supporter
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless
all (there is); as long as there is
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality