modesty; humility; being humble
to sit in a row; to be present (and lined up)
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to throw into; to toss into
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
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)
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
different opinion; objection
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
employer's house; master's house
many; numerous; various; large number of
substrate; (computer) circuit board
generation; lifetime; age
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
particularly; only; in the case of
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari