uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
poisoning; kill by poison
official announcement; proclamation
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
(very) patient; persevering
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum)
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
employer's house; master's house
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
south wind; southerly wind; (arch.) summer
drinking party hall; banquet seat
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.); family matters; household affairs; personal business
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
condolence; sympathy; mourning