collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
official announcement; proclamation
serious condition; critical condition
establishment (of a business); founding
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); three string instruments (in gagaku; biwa, wagon and sou); three-stringed instrument
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
limited time; limited-time offer
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
many; much; plenty; hardly
proper use; using (different things) for different purposes
light and shade; shade (of colour, color); depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)
two colours; two varieties; two types
only; merely; but; no more than
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
colour; color; hue; tints
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately