antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
demotion; relegation; downgrading
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief
to save; to leave over; to spare
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to run down (stairs, etc.)
along the river; riverside
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
upper reaches of a river; upstream
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
gorgeous; sumptuous; extravagant; luxurious
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
(not) so much; (not) that much
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
silence; stillness; quietness
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)
with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears