suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
to eat up; to consume (completely)
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
overflow; abundance; exuberance
succeeding; following; trailing; next
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to push through (a crowd, vegetation, etc.)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
hanging loosely; dangling limply
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
reinforcement; strengthening
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
arrangement of stones in a garden
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers; leaving (one's master's place for home)
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
type; pattern; shape; similar type; similar pattern
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
witnessing; observing; sighting
to fall ill; to be taken ill
tone (of voice); manner of talking
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity